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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p.
p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.]
1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
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A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller.
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2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the
eye; to distract the attention.
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Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
--Goldsmith.
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3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
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Horror and doubt distract
His troubled thoughts. --Milton.
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4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to
madden; -- most frequently used in the participle,
distracted.
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A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
--Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Distracting \Dis*tract"ing\, a.
Tending or serving to distract.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Distracting \Dis*tract"ing\, a.
Tending or serving to distract.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p.
p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.]
1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller.
2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the
eye; to distract the attention.
Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
--Goldsmith.
3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts.
--Milton.
4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to
madden; -- most frequently used in the participle,
distracted.
A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
--Shak.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
distracting
vb.
(present participle of en distract nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
distracting
vb.
(present participle of en distract nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
distracting
vb.
(present participle of en distract nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
distracting
vb.
(present participle of en distract nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
distracting
Englanti a.
1 häiritsevä
2 huolestuttava
3 hämmentävä
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm d istract ing)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
distracting
Engelska a.
(avledning en distract ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb distract)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Distracting /dɪstɹˈaktɪŋ/ صرف إنتباهFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
distracting /dɪstɹˈaktɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]vyrušující
distracting /dɪstɹˈaktɪŋ/
ablenkend
"You're distracting me from my work." - Du lenkst mich von meiner Arbeit ab.
see: distract sb., distracted, distracts, distractes
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]distracting /dɪstɹˈaktɪŋ/ zerstreuend, Zeit vertreibend see: distract, distractedFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/dɪˈstɹæktɪŋ/