отвличам — meaning in English

English meaning

• abduct verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
• abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
• distract verb To pull someone's attention away from what they should be focusing on.
• divert verb To change the direction or course of something.
• hijack verb To seize illegal control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to rob it or force it to a destination.
• kidnap verb To unlawfully seize and hold a person captive, often to demand a ransom.
• ravish verb To fill someone with intense delight or joy.

Senses

отвличам is used for these senses in English:

• abduct (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]
• abstract (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
• distract (transitive) To divert the attention of.
• divert (transitive) To distract.
• hijack To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
• kidnap (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]
• ravish (archaic, or, literary) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

abduct — full definition

1. verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
2. verb In anatomy, to move a limb or body part away from the midline of the body.

abstract — full definition

1. noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
2. adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
3. adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colours, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
4. verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.

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