0 past simple and past participle of intercept
1 to stop and catch something or someone before that thing or person is able to reach a particular place:
Efficiency was therefore conserved, to a degree, while canopies reduced the solar energy they intercepted.
The differences in diversity between the two lower forests were not so readily explained by the amounts of litter intercepted.
This electric net intercepted flies that were attracted to the trap, but which flew around it and which might never have landed on the trap.
The in-ground stations were placed where termites previously intercepted wooden stakes.
In this study, 29% of total annual stemflow was intercepted by epiphytic bryophytes living on stems.
If the message is intercepted by a third party, it cannot be deciphered.
The origin of the commodity on which insects were intercepted strongly varies with the type of commodity.
The whole matter shows once more that the exchange of intercepted material was not without consequences for the understanding between the allies themselves.
