intercept

intercept has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.
• v. t.. To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
• v. t.. To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.
• v. t.. To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.
• n.. A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
• n.. the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
• v.. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
• v.. tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"