patrol

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a detachment used for security or reconnaissance (Freq. 10)
• Hypernyms:
detachment
2. the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
protection
• Hyponyms:
airborne patrol, round-the-clock patrol
3. a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security
• Hypernyms:
force, personnel
• Hyponyms:
border patrol, harbor patrol
• Member Meronyms:
patroller

II - verb

maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
police
• Derivationally related forms:
police (for: police), patroller
• Hypernyms:
guard
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The men patrol the area for animals
- The men patrol for animals in the area