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INTERCEPT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("intercept" is a kind of...):
point (a geometric element that has position but no extension)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they intercept ... he / she / it intercepts
Past simple: intercepted
Past participle: intercepted
-ing form: intercepting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seize on its way
Example:
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
Synonyms:
intercept; stop
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "intercept" is one way to...):
catch; grab; take hold of (take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intercept"):
cut off; cut out (cut off and stop)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
interception (the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving)
interceptor (a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
Example:
Is this hotel room bugged?
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "intercept" is one way to...):
eavesdrop; listen in (listen without the speaker's knowledge)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
I intercepted Jip.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I was delighted when I first discovered that a pleasant sound, which often saluted my ears, proceeded from the throats of the little winged animals who had often intercepted the light from my eyes.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
As there was something which had occurred to my mind, I said in reply: “I could wish to know from this—creature,” I could not bring myself to utter any more conciliatory word, “whether they intercepted a letter that was written to her from home, or whether he supposes that she received it.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
