Толковый словарь английского языка - spy
Spy
spy
I. verb (spied; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English spien, from Anglo-French espier, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German spehōn to ~; akin to Latin specere to look, look at, Greek skeptesthai & skopein to watch, look at, consider Date: 13th century transitive verb to watch secretly usually for hostile purposes, to catch sight of ; see , to search or look for intensively, intransitive verb to observe or search for something ; look , to watch secretly as a ~, II. noun (plural spies) Date: 13th century one that spies:, one who keeps secret watch on a person or thing to obtain information, a person employed by one nation to secretly convey classified information of strategic importance to another nation, an act of ~ing
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n. & v. --n. (pl. spies) 1 a person who secretly collects and reports information on the activities, movements, etc., of an enemy, competitor, etc. 2 a person who keeps watch on others, esp. furtively. --v. (spies, spied) 1 tr. discern or make out, esp. by careful observation (spied a house in the distance). 2 intr. (often foll. by on) act as a spy, keep a close and secret watch. 3 intr. (often foll. by into) pry. Phrases and idioms I spy a children's game of guessing a visible object from the initial letter of its name. spy-master colloq. the head of an organization of spies. spy out explore or discover, esp. secretly. Etymology: ME f. OF espie espying, espier espy f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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