Plug is averted, somehow (9)
I believe the answer is:
advertise
'plug' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'is averted somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'is'+'averted'='isaverted'
'isaverted' with letters rearranged gives 'ADVERTISE'.
(Other definitions for advertise that I've seen before include "Draw attention to, goods for sale perhaps" , "Publicise, call attention to" , "Market" , "Call public attention to" , "Publicise, make known" .)