Dictionary Entry
patrol
patrol is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb, verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses
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- 1intransitive verb
To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
- 2verb
t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.
- 3intransitive verb
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.
- 4intransitive verb
A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
- 5intransitive verb
The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
- 6intransitive verb
Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.
- 7noun
the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes
- 8noun
a detachment used for security or reconnaissance
- 9noun
a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security
- 10verb
maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol
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