dis|tract

dis|tract
dis|tract «dihs TRAKT», verb, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to draw away (the mind or attention): »

Noise distracts my attention from studying.

SYNONYM(S): divert.
2. to confuse; disturb; bewilder: »

Several people talking at once distract a listener.

SYNONYM(S): perplex.
3. to put out of one's mind; make insane: »

The dog was distracted with fear.

SYNONYM(S): craze, derange.
4. Obsolete. to draw apart; divide.
–adj.
Archaic. distracted.
[< Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere < dis- away + trahere draw]
dis|tract´er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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