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"(transitive, ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players."
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"(intransitive) To deviate from its original path."
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"(transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.)."
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"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
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"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
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"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
"word": "desviar"
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},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otklonjavam se",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "отклонявам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "desviar-se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "poiketa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "dévier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "ausweichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "abweichen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "eltér"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "eltérül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "kitér"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "elterelődik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "elhajlik"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otklonjátʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отклоня́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otklonítʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отклони́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "desviarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "avvika"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.",
"word": "ausweichen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.",
"word": "kitér … elől"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.",
"word": "elhárít"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uklonjátʹsja",
"sense": "to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уклоня́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uklonítʹsja",
"sense": "to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уклони́ться"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to divert attention, etc.",
"word": "zerstreuen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to divert attention, etc.",
"word": "elterel"
}
],
"word": "deflect"
}
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