Definition of distracts Distracts

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Verb distracts, distracting, distracted
distract - draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
		deflect
		disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off move in an agitated or confused manner
distract - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
		perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, disorder
		disturb, trouble, upset damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
		vex, worry subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; "vex the subject of the death penalty"

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distract (a.)
Separated; drawn asunder.
distract (a.)
Insane; mad.
distract (v. t.)
To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
distract (v. t.)
To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
distract (v. t.)
To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
distract (v. t.)
To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.

distract
To disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.
distract
Draw someone's attention away from something.

distract
dis-trakt′, v.t. to draw in different directions—applied to the mind or attention: to confuse: to harass: to render crazy: to divert.—adj. Distract′ed.—adv. Distract′edly.—n. Distract′edness.—adjs. Distract′ible; Distract′ile (bot.), carried widely apart.—n. Distrac′tion, state of being distracted: perplexity: agitation: madness: a diversion.—adj. Distract′ive, causing perplexity