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eavesdropped

/ˈiːvzdrɒpt/

/ˈivzdrɑpt/

eavesdroppedpast participle

Used attributively to describe information or conversations that have been overheard clandestinely.

Translations

The article was based on an eavesdropped phone call between the executives.

Статья была основана на подслушанном телефонном разговоре между руководителями.

Additional translations

перехваченныйУпотребляется в контексте перехваченных коммуникаций

Definitions

(of a conversation or information) obtained by secretly listening to people talking.

The article was based on an eavesdropped phone call between the executives.

eavesdropverb

eavesdropped

Past Simple

eavesdropped

Past Simple

eavesdropped

Past Participle

eavesdropping

Gerund

/ˈiːvzdrɒp/

/ˈivzdrɑp/

Translations

She decided to eavesdrop on their conversation.

Она решила подслушать их разговор.

Additional translations

Definitions

To secretly listen to the private conversation of others without their knowledge.

She decided to eavesdrop on the conversation to find out what they were planning.

Synonyms

listen in

eavesdropnoun

Definitions

The strip of ground immediately beneath the eaves of a building where rainwater drips from the roof.

Rain barrels were set in the eavesdrop to catch the water coming off the roof.

A boundary line marking the area onto which water dripping from a roof’s eaves falls; the setback space beneath the eaves.

The medieval charter prohibited building within the eavesdrop of a neighbour’s cottage.