patrol

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: pa=trol

CIDE DICTIONARY

patrol, v. i. [F. patrouiller, O. & Prov. F. patrouiller to paddle, paw about, patrol, fr. patte a paw; cf. D. poot paw, G. pfote, and E. pat, v.].

 To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.  [1913 Webster]

patrol, v. t. 

 To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.  [1913 Webster]

patrol, n. [F. patrouille, OF. patouille. See Patrol, v. i.].

•  A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.  [1913 Webster]

  "In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations."  [1913 Webster]
•  See Boy Scout.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

patrol, n. & v.
--n.
1 the act of walking or travelling around an area, esp. at regular intervals, in order to protect or supervise it.
2 one or more persons or vehicles assigned or sent out on patrol, esp. a detachment of guards, police, etc.
3 a a detachment of troops sent out to reconnoitre. b such reconnaissance.
4 a routine operational voyage of a ship or aircraft.
5 a routine monitoring of astronomical or other phenomena.
6 Brit. an official controlling traffic where children cross the road.
7 a unit of six to eight Scouts or Guides.
--v. (patrolled, patrolling)
1 tr. carry out a patrol of.
2 intr. act as a patrol.

Idiom

patrol car a police car used in patrolling roads and streets. patrol wagon esp. US a police van for transporting prisoners.

Derivative

patroller n.

Etymology

F patrouiller paddle in mud f. patte paw: (n.) f. G Patrolle f. F patrouille

THESAURUS

patrol

Argus, Charley, airplane spotter, beat, course, cover, defend, defending, do, fire patrolman, fire warden, fireguard, forward observer, go over, guard, guarding, keep guard, keep vigil, keep watch, lookout, lookout man, measure, mount guard, night watchman, overpass, pass over, pass through, patroller, patrolman, perambulate, peregrinate, pererrate, picket, ply, police, protect, protecting, protection, range, range over, reconnoiter, rounds, roundsman, safeguarding, scour, scour the country, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, stand guard, stand sentinel, sweep, track, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, vedette, vigilance, voyage, watch, watch over, watcher, watchfulness, watchkeeper, watchman

ROGET THESAURUS

patrol

Safety

VB be safe, keep one's head above water, tide over, save one's bacon, ride out the storm, weather the storm, light upon one's feet, land on one's feet, bear a charmed life, escape, make safe, render safe Adj, protect, take care of, preserve, cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward, guard, secure, entrench, intrench, fence round, house, nestle, ensconce, take charge of, escort, convoy, garrison, watch, mount guard, patrol, make assurance doubly sure, take up a loose thread, take precautions, double reef topsails, seek safety, take shelter, find shelter.

N safety, security, surety, impregnability, invulnerability, invulnerableness, danger past, danger over, storm blown over, coast clear, escape, means of escape, blow valve, safety valve, release valve, sniffing valve, safeguard, palladium, guardianship, wardship, wardenship, tutelage, custody, safekeeping, preservation, protection, auspices, safe-conduct, escort, convoy, guard, shield, guardian angel, tutelary god, tutelary deity, tutelary saint, genius loci, protector, guardian, warden, warder, preserver, custodian, duenna, chaperon, third person, watchdog, bandog, Cerberus, watchman, patrolman, policeman, cop, dick, fuzz, smokey, peeler, zarp, sentinel, sentry, scout, garrison, guardship, refuge &c, anchor, precaution, quarantine, cordon sanitaire, confidence, protect, take care of, preserve, cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward, guard, secure, entrench, intrench, fence round, house, nestle, ensconce, take charge of, escort, convoy, garrison, watch, mount guard, patrol, make assurance doubly sure, take up a loose thread, take precautions, double reef topsails, seek safety, take shelter, find shelter, Adj, safe, secure, sure, in safety, in security, on the safe side, under the shield of, under the shade of, under the wing of, under the shadow of one's wing, under cover, under lock and key, out of danger, out of the woods, out of the meshes, out of harm's way, unharmed, unscathed, on sure ground, at anchor, high and dry, above water, unthreatened, unmolested, protected, cavendo tutus, panoplied, snug, seaworthy, weatherproof, waterproof, fireproof, defensible, tenable, proof against, invulnerable, unassailable, unattackable, impenetrable, impregnable, imperdible, inexpugnable, Achillean, safe and sound, scathless, unhazarded, not dangerous, unthreatening, harmless, friendly (cooperative), protecting, protective, guardian, tutelary, preservative, trustworthy, ex abundanti cautela, with impunity, all's well, salva res est, suave mari magno, a couvert, e terra alterius spectare laborem, Dieu vous garde.

Warning

N warning, early warning, caution, caveat, notice, premonition, premonishment, prediction, contraindication, lesson, dehortation, admonition, monition, alarm, handwriting on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, red flag, yellow flag, fog-signal, foghorn, siren, monitor, warning voice, Cassandra, signs of the times, Mother Cary's chickens, stormy petrel, bird of ill omen, gathering clouds, clouds in the horizon, death watch, watchtower, beacon, signal post, lighthouse, sentinel, sentry, watch, watchman, watch and ward, watchdog, bandog, housedog, patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial, undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman, advanced guard, rear guard, lookout, cautiousness, monitor, guard camera, radar, AWACS, spy satellite, spy-in-the- sky, U2 plane, spy plane, warning, premonitory, monitory, cautionary, admonitory, admonitive, sematic, warned, forewarned, on one's guard, in terrorem, Int, beware!, ware!, take care!, look out!, fore (golf), mind what you are about!, take care what you are about!, mind!, ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort, don't wake a sleeping cat, foenum habet in cornu, caveat actor, le silence du people est la legon des rois, verbum sat sapienti, a word to the wise is sufficient, un averti en vaut deux.

Journey

VB travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.