Verb

(en verb)

To divert the attention of.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 10, author=David Ornstein, work=BBC Sport

, title= Arsenal 1-0 Everton , passage=While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}

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Verb

(interfer)

To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.

(physics) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped]] or [[superpose, superposed.

Correlated waves interfere''' to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without '''interfering .

Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.

(mostly of horses) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.