patrol
/pəˈtɹoʊl/ verb C2- To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
- To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman · to patrol a frontier· to patrol a beat
He/she/it patrols · Past patrolled · Past participle patrolled · -ing form patrolling
Verb forms
- Base form
- patrol
- He/she/it
- patrols
- Past
- patrolled
- Past participle
- patrolled
- -ing form
- patrolling
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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