Intercept

English Meaning

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.

1. To stop, deflect, or interrupt the progress or intended course of: intercepted me with a message as I was leaving.
2. Sports To gain possession of (an opponent's pass), as in football or basketball.
3. Sports To gain possession of a pass made by (an opponent), especially in football.
4. Mathematics To include or bound (a part of a space or curve) between two points or lines.
5. Archaic To prevent.
6. Obsolete To cut off from access or communication.
7. Mathematics The coordinate of a point at which a line, curve, or surface intersects a coordinate axis.
8. The interception of a missile by another missile or an aircraft by another aircraft.
9. Interception of a radio transmission.
10. An interceptor.