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distract

Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɹækt/

The English word “distract” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To divert the attention of.
  2. To divert (attention).
  3. To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.

adjective

  1. Drawn asunder; separated.
  2. Insane, mad.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distractus, from distrahō (“to pull apart”), from dis- + trahō (“to pull”).

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