intercept
intercept is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
- transitive verb. To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.
- transitive verb. To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.
- noun. A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
- noun. the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
- verb. seize on its way
"The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
- verb. 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?"
Synonyms
Common word forms
intercepts, intercepted, intercepter, intercepting, interceptable
Words from these letters
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