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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Distract \Dis*tract"\, a. [L. distractus, p. p. of distrahere to
     draw asunder; dis- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf.
     Distraught.]
     1. Separated; drawn asunder. [Obs.]
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     2. Insane; mad. [Obs.] --Drayton.
        [1913 Webster]

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Distract \Dis*tract"\, a. [L. distractus, p. p. of distrahere to
     draw asunder; dis- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf.
     Distraught.]
     1. Separated; drawn asunder. [Obs.]
  
     2. Insane; mad. [Obs.] --Drayton.

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  distract
       v 1: draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief
            distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his
            competitors" [syn: deflect]
       2: 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" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet,
           trouble, cark, disorder]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  distract
     Αγγλικά vb.
     περισπώ, αποσπώ την προσοχή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  distract
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Insane; mad.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To divert the attention of.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  distract
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Insane; mad.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To divert the attention of.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  distract
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Insane; mad.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To divert the attention of.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  distract
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Insane; mad.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To divert the attention of.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  distract
     Englanti vb.
     1 harhauttaa
     2 kiinnittää huomio muuhun, kääntää ajatukset pois

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  distract
     Engelska vb.
     1 distrahera
     2 splittra
     3 förvirra

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  distract /dɪstɹˈakt/
  besighou

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Distract /dɪstɹˈakt/
  إصرف إنتباهه

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  distract //dɪsˈtɹækt// 
  отвличам, разсейвам
  To divert the attention of

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  distract /dɪstɹˈakt/ 
  zneklidnit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  distract /dɪstɹˈakt/ 
  rozptýlit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  distract /dɪstɹˈakt/ 
  odvést

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  distract /dɪstɹˈakt/ 
  zerstreuen, Zeit vertreiben 
   see: distracting, distracted
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  distract /dɪstɹˈakt/
  
  διασπώ, αποσπώ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  distract //dɪsˈtɹækt// 
  harhauttaa, viedä (+ genitive) huomio
  To divert the attention of

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  distract /distrækt/
  distraire

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  distract /dɪstɹˈakt/ 
  1. ध्यान~खींचना

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  distract /dɪstɹˈakt/
  odvratiti, pomesti, poremetiti, zbuniti

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  distract //dɪsˈtɹækt// 
  気をそらす
  To divert the attention of

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  distract //dɪsˈtɹækt// 
  distrahere
  To divert the attention of

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  distract /dɪˈstrækt/ 
   1.  odciągać (from - od) , rozpraszać
   2.  rozrywać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  distract /distrækt/
  desviar a atenção, distrair, divertir, entreter

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  distract /distrækt/
  distraer

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  distract //dɪsˈtɹækt// 
  distrahera
  To divert the attention of

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  distract /dɪstɹˈakt/
  1. zihni veya ilgiyi başka tarafa çekmek
  2. rahatsız etmek, şaşırtmak
  3. çıldırtmak.distracted  şaşırmış, aklı başında olmayan

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/dɪˈstɹækt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "distract":
     absorb, addle, agitate, amuse, ball up, befuddle, beguile, bemuse,
     bewilder, blunt, bother, bug, call away, chill, confound, confuse,
     convulse, cool, craze, damp, dampen, daze, deflect, delight,
     dement, derange, deter, detract, detract attention, disaffect,
     discompose, disconcert, discourage, disincline, disinterest,
     disturb, divert, divert the mind, drive insane, drive mad, embroil,
     engross, entertain, fluster, frenzy, fuddle, gratify, indispose,
     interest, mad, madden, make mad, mix up, mystify, occupy, perplex,
     perturb, psych, put off, puzzle, quench, rattle, repel, send mad,
     shatter, sidetrack, spook, throw, throw into confusion, throw off,
     trouble, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, unbalance,
     unhinge, unsettle, upset, wean from
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 转移,分心;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     v. 分散,岔开;弄昏,使烦恼;消遣,娱乐

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