ALL meanings of intercept
in·ter·cept
I i - verb with object intercept to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination: to intercept a messenger. 1
- verb with object intercept to see or overhear (a message, transmission, etc., meant for another): We intercepted the enemy's battle plan. 1
- verb with object intercept to stop or check (passage, travel, etc.): to intercept the traitor's escape. 1
- verb with object intercept Sports. to take possession of (a ball or puck) during an attempted pass by an opposing team. 1
- verb with object intercept to stop or interrupt the course, progress, or transmission of. 1
- verb with object intercept to destroy or disperse (enemy aircraft or a missile or missiles) in the air on the way to a target. 1
- verb with object intercept to stop the natural course of (light, water, etc.). 1
- verb with object intercept Mathematics. to mark off or include, as between two points or lines. 1
- verb with object intercept to intersect. 1
- verb with object intercept Obsolete. to prevent or cut off the operation or effect of. 1
- verb with object intercept Obsolete. to cut off from access, sight, etc. 1
- noun intercept an interception. 1
- noun intercept Mathematics. an intercepted segment of a line. (in a coordinate system) the distance from the origin to the point at which a curve or line intersects an axis. 1
- noun intercept Obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination. 1
- transitive verb intercept stop, catch 1
- transitive verb intercept interrupt, hinder: progress 1
- noun intercept An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call. 0
- noun intercept An interception of a missile. 0
- noun intercept (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis. 0
- verb intercept (Transitive Verb) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion). 0
- verb intercept (Transitive Verb) (sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game. 0
- verb intercept If you intercept someone or something that is travelling from one place to another, you stop them before they get to their destination. 0
- verb intercept to stop, deflect, or seize on the way from one place to another; prevent from arriving or proceeding 0
- verb intercept to seize or cut off (a pass) on its way from one opponent to another 0
- verb intercept to cut off, mark off, or bound (some part of a line, curve, plane, or surface) 0
- noun intercept a point at which two figures intersect 0
- noun intercept the distance from the origin to the point at which a line, curve, or surface cuts a coordinate axis 0
- noun intercept an intercepted segment 0
- noun intercept the act of intercepting an opponent's pass 0
- verb transitive intercept to seize or stop on the way, before arrival at the intended place; stop or interrupt the course of; cut off 0
- verb transitive intercept to stop, hinder, or prevent 0
- verb transitive intercept to cut off communication with, sight of, etc. 0
- verb transitive intercept to cut off, mark off, or bound between two points, lines, or planes 0
- noun intercept the act of intercepting 0
- noun intercept the fact or condition of being intercepted 0
- noun intercept a message intercepted during electronic or radio transmission 0
- noun intercept the part of a line, plane, etc. intercepted 0
- noun intercept the act of intercepting an enemy force, esp. enemy aircraft 0