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| Main Entry: |
refract
 [ri-frakt] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend |
| Synonyms: | angle, angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook*, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Example Sentences
- Nor would a prism refract the rays the way a prism would have bent visible light.
- Besides the globs of paint, there's a prismatic cube that lets you refract lasers.
- There was no one to reflect back a self-image of the explorer or serve as a prism to refract visions of the future.
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