Spy

Definition: Meaning of, spy in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / spʌɪ /

Word Forms:

Singular	Plural
spy	spies

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Word Forms:

Prsesent	Past	Past Participle
spy	spied	spied

Present Participle	Third Person Singular
spying	spies

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spy used in phrases

Northern Spy (noun)
1. large late-ripening apple with skin striped with yellow and red
Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The
1. (1963) a novel by John Le Carré about a British SPY (= someone whose job it is to find out secret information about another country) in EAST GERMANY who wants to go back to the West
spy satellite (noun)
1. a satellite with sensors to detect nuclear explosions
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spy on (phrasal verb)
1. spy on someone to watch someone secretly so that you know everything that they do
2. spy on someone/something to find out secret information about what a country or an organization is doing
spy out (phrasal verb)
1. to look around an area in order to find something
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Pronunciation: ˈdʒeɪɡə

Parts of Speech: noun

rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey

spy on