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 Definitions of deflect  [ɪˈflɛkt]  

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Definition of 'deflect' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) deflect
to bend or turn aside; turn from a true course.

Etymology:  (1545–55; < L dēflectere to bend down, turn aside)

Definition of 'deflect' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
"Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

2. (verb) deflect, bend, turn away
turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

3. (verb) deflect
turn aside and away from an initial or intended course

4. (verb) distract, deflect
draw someone's attention away from something
"The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

5. (verb) parry, block, deflect
impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
"block an attack"


Definition of 'deflect' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) deflect
to cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected

2. (verb) deflect
to turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve


Translation of 'deflect' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to turn aside (from a fixed course or direction)
He deflected the blow with his arm.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afkeer, afwyk Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَجَنَّب، يَتَحاشى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отблъсквам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desviar Czech flag Czech: odklonit, odvést stranou German flag German: ablenken
Danish flag Danish: afbøje; afbøde; aflede Greek flag Greek: εκτρέπω, αποκρούω Spanish flag Spanish: desviar
Estonian flag Estonian: kõrvale suunama Farsi flag Farsi: منحرف کردن Finnish flag Finnish: kääntää pois
French flag French: (faire) dévier Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִסְטְוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: हटाना
Croatian flag Croatian: odvratiti nekoga, skrenut Hungarian flag Hungarian: elterel Indonesian flag Indonesian: menangkis
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sveigja til hliðar, breyt Italian flag Italian: deviare Japanese flag Japanese: そらせる
Korean flag Korean: (본래의 진로에서) 빗나가다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nukreiptiį šalį Latvian flag Latvian: novirzīt; novirzīties
Malay flag Malay: memesongkan Dutch flag Dutch: doen afbuigen Norwegian flag Norwegian: avlede, bøye av, avvike
Polish flag Polish: odchylać, odbijać Persian flag Persian: منحرف کردن Pashto flag Pashto: يوې خواته كول، ايسته كول:
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desviar Romanian flag Romanian: a devia Russian flag Russian: отклонять(ся)
Slovak flag Slovak: odvrátiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: odkloniti Serbian flag Serbian: skrenuti
Swedish flag Swedish: få ngt av böja (vika) av, Thai flag Thai: ทำให้หันเห Turkish flag Turkish: yön değiştirmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 使偏斜 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відхиляти(ся) Urdu flag Urdu: منحرف کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm lệch Chinese flag Chinese: 使偏斜

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