Found 3 items, similar to Deflect.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: deflect membelokkan, mengelakkan, menyelewengkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: deflect deflect v 1: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; “Let's avoid a confrontation”; “head off a confrontation”; “avert a strike” [syn: debar, obviate, avert, head off , stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off] 2: turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest [syn: bend, turn away] 3: turn aside [syn: deviate] 4: draw someone's attention away from something; “The thief distracted the bystanders”; “He deflected his competitors” [syn: distract] 5: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); “block an attack” [syn: parry, block]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Deflect Deflect \De*flect"\, v. i. To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve. [1913 Webster] At some part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not, but lieth in the true meridian. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] To deflect from the line of truth and reason. --Warburton. [1913 Webster]