deflect : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deflect	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for deflect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deflect v prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" Synonym(s): debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest Synonym(s): deflect, bend, turn away turn aside and away from an initial or intended course draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" Synonym(s): distract, deflect impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack" Synonym(s): parry, block, deflect
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deflect \De*flect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deflecting}.] [L. deflectere; de- + flectere to bend or turn. See {Flexible}.] To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected. Sitting with their knees deflected under them. --Lord (1630).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deflect \Deflect"\, v. i. To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve. At some part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not, but lieth in the true meridian. --Sir T. Browne. To deflect* from the line of truth and reason. --Warburton.