Associations to the word «Divert»

Wiktionary

DIVERT, verb. (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
DIVERT, verb. (transitive) To distract.
DIVERT, verb. (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
DIVERT, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To turn aside; to digress.

Dictionary definition

DIVERT, verb. Turn aside; turn away from.
DIVERT, verb. Send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one.
DIVERT, verb. Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies".
DIVERT, verb. Withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats