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Diffuse

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Verb

1. diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out

move outward

Example Sentences:
'The soldiers fanned out'

2. diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle

spread or diffuse through

Example Sentences:
'An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration'
'music penetrated the entire building'
'His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks'

3. broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread

cause to become widely known

Example Sentences:
'spread information'
'circulate a rumor'
'broadcast the news'

Adjective

4. diffuse

spread out; not concentrated in one place

Example Sentences:
'a large diffuse organization'

5. diffuse, diffused, soft

(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

6. diffuse

lacking conciseness

Example Sentences:
'a diffuse historical novel'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Diffuse

see synonyms of diffuse
verb (dɪˈfjuːz )
1. 
to spread or cause to spread in all directions
2. 
to undergo or cause to undergo diffusion
3. 
to scatter or cause to scatter; disseminate; disperse
adjective (dɪˈfjuːs )
4. 
spread out over a wide area
5. 
lacking conciseness
6. 
(esp of some creeping stems) spreading loosely over a large area
7. 
characterized by or exhibiting diffusion
diffuse light
diffuse reflection
8. botany
(of plant growth) occurring throughout a tissue

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Diffuse

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adjective
1. 
spread out or dispersed; not concentrated
2. 
using more words than are needed; long-winded; wordy
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: difˈfused or difˈfusing
3. 
to pour, spread out, or disperse in every direction; spread or scatter widely
4.  Physics
to mix by diffusion, as gases, liquids, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Diffuse

see synonyms of diffuse
v. dif·fused, dif·fus·ing, dif·fus·es
v.tr.
1. To cause to spread out freely: smoke that is diffused throughout the room.
2. To make known to or cause to be used by large numbers of people; disseminate: diffuses ideas over the internet.
3. To make less brilliant; soften: light that is diffused through frosted glass.
4. To make less intense; weaken: a remark that diffused the tension in the interview.
5. Physics To cause to undergo diffusion.
v.intr.
1. To become widely dispersed; spread out: The hormone diffuses throughout the body.
2. Physics To undergo diffusion.
adj. (dĭ-fys)
1. Widely spread or scattered; not concentrated: Diffuse light is often hard to read by.
2. Wordy or unclear: a diffuse description. See Synonyms at wordy.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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