Толковый словарь английского языка - intercept

I. transitive verb see: heave Date: 15th century prevent, hinder, 2. to stop, seize, or interrupt in progress or course or before arrival, to receive (a communication or signal directed elsewhere) usually secretly, to interrupt communication or connection with, to include (part of a curve, surface, or solid) between two points, curves, or surfaces , 5. to gain possession of (an opponent's pass), to ~ a pass thrown by (an opponent), II. noun Date: 1821 the distance from the origin to a point where a graph crosses a coordinate axis, ~ion, a message, code, or signal that is ~ed (as by monitoring radio communications)