spy
21spy */ — I UK [spaɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms spy : singular spy plural spies a) someone whose job is to find out secret information about a country or an organization b) [only before noun] involving spies or their activities a spy… …
22spy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ enemy, foreign, government, industrial ▪ suspected ▪ top ▪ Britain s top spy …
23spy — 01. The British government has accused an official in the Russian Embassy of being a [spy]. 02. The boys were [spying] on the girls as they were getting dressed. 03. New technology allows this [spy] plane to fly undetected by radar. 04. The… …
24spy — [[t]spa͟ɪ[/t]] spies, spying, spied 1) N COUNT A spy is a person whose job is to find out secret information about another country or organization. He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy... The spy ring passed secrets to the enemy …
25spy — I spy 1. spy sb., et (spyfluens æg) II spy 2. spy vb., spy(e)r, spyede, spyet; spy(e)s; spy ild …
26spy — v. 1) (d; intr.) to spy for (to spy for a foreign power) 2) (D; intr.) to spy on, upon 3) (J) we spied them coming through the gate * * * [spaɪ] upon (D; intr.) to spy on (J) we spied them coming through the gate (d; intr.) to spy for (to spy for …
27spy — [13] A spy is etymologically someone who ‘looks’. The word was adapted from Old French espie ‘watcher, spy’, a derivative of espier ‘watch, spy’ (from which English gets the verb spy, and also espy [14] and espionage [18]). This in turn was… …
28spy — 1 noun (C) someone whose job it is to find out secret information about another country, organization, or group: a British spy in World War II | a spy film 2 verb 1 (I) to secretly collect information about an enemy country or an organization you …
29spy on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms spy on : present tense I/you/we/they spy on he/she/it spies on present participle spying on past tense spied on past participle spied on 1) spy on someone to watch someone secretly so that you know everything… …
30spy — [13] A spy is etymologically someone who ‘looks’. The word was adapted from Old French espie ‘watcher, spy’, a derivative of espier ‘watch, spy’ (from which English gets the verb spy, and also espy [14] and espionage [18]). This in turn was… …
