meaning of distracts

1. Separated; drawn asunder.
2.
Insane; mad.
3.
To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
4.
To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
5.
To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
6.
To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
7.
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ">ill"


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