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What does divert mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word divert? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
  2. (transitive) To distract.
  3. (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
  4. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress.
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It is designed to divert water from the upper reaches of the river to the northeast coast.
A variation of this uses a stream of gas or liquid in the rocket nozzle to divert the exhaust flow.
As flight lead I hadn't discussed a divert option in detail because I felt the chances were remote based on the weather forecast.
A weir is a dam placed across a river to raise or divert the water, or a fence in a stream to catch or retain fish.
The plan is to allow workers to divert some percentage of their payroll taxes into private accounts.
That's the best weapon we have against these evil people, our flat refusal to allow them to divert us more than momentarily from our daily lives.

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