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    DESCRY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: descried  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they descry  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it descries  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: descried  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: descried  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: descrying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Catch sight ofplay

    Synonyms:

    descry; espy; spot; spy

    Classified under:

    Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

    Hypernyms (to "descry" is one way to...):

    sight; spy (catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Credits

     Context examples: 

    Ham Peggotty, who went to the national school, and was a very dragon at his catechism, and who may therefore be regarded as a credible witness, reported next day, that happening to peep in at the parlour-door an hour after this, he was instantly descried by Miss Betsey, then walking to and fro in a state of agitation, and pounced upon before he could make his escape.

    (David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)


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