| spy | work for a government as a spy, provide secret information about another country; secretly investigate and gather information about other people; see, look, observe; examine | en | (fiil) | en |
| spy | person who is employed by a government to gather information on other countries, secret agent; person who secretly investigates and gathers information about other people | en | (isim) | en |
| spy | watch, observe, or inquire secretly | en | en |
| spy | secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage; "spy for the Russians" | en | en |
| spy | (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night" | en | en |
| spy | One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others | en | en |
| spy | A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer | en | en |
| spy | To search narrowly; to scrutinize | en | en |
| spy | To discover by close search or examination | en | en |
| spy | To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; usually with out | en | en |
| spy | To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see | en | en |
| spy | 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 | en | en |
| spy | A spy satellite or spy plane obtains secret information about another country by taking photographs from the sky | en | en |
| spy | Someone who spies for a country or organization tries to find out secret information about another country or organization. The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years East and West are still spying on one another I never agreed to spy against the United States. + spying spy·ing a ten-year sentence for spying | en | en |
| spy | If you spy on someone, you watch them secretly. That day he spied on her while pretending to work on the shrubs | en | en |
| spy | If you spy someone or something, you notice them. He was walking down the street when he spied an old friend. = spot. spies someone whose job it is to find out secret information about another country, organization, or group = secret agent British/Russian/foreign etc spy | en | en |
| spy | (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors | en | en |
| spy | a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night" | en | en |
| spy | catch sight of | en | en |
| spy | Vidocq the spy in the French Revolution, was a short man, vivacious, vain, and talkative He spoke of his feats with real enthusiasm and gusto | en | en |
| spy | Amex-traded ETF tracking the "large-cap" S&P 500 Index | en | en |
| spy | Vidocq, the spy in the French Revolution, was a short man, vivacious, vain, and talkative He spoke of his feats with real enthusiasm and gusto | en | en |
n,v:spied / spies spying Etymology :Middle English spien, from Old French espier, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German spehOn to spy; akin to Latin specere to look, look at, Greek skeptesthai and skopein to watch, look at, consider. Pronunciation :spI. Function :verb. Date :13th century.
