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    ESPY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: espied  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they espy  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it espies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: espied  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: espied  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: espying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Catch sight ofplay

    Synonyms:

    descry; espy; spot; spy

    Classified under:

    Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

    Hypernyms (to "espy" is one way to...):

    sight; spy (catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    espial (the act of detecting something; catching sight of something)

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