 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
diffuse
adjective
1: spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse
organization"
2: lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel"
verb
1: move outward; "The soldiers fanned out" [syn: {spread}, {spread
out}, {fan out}]
2: spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has
permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the
entire building" [syn: {permeate}, {pervade}, {penetrate},
{interpenetrate}, {imbue}]
3: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
"circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: {circulate},
{circularize}, {circularise}, {distribute}, {disseminate},
{propagate}, {broadcast}, {spread}, {disperse}, {pass
around}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Diffuse \Dif*fuse"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Diffused}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Diffusing}.] [L. diffusus, p. p. of diffundere to
pour out, to diffuse; dif- = dis- + fundere to pour. See
{Fuse} to melt.]
To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow
on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to
spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to
diffuse information.
Thence diffuse
His good to worlds and ages infinite. --Milton.
We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized
nations. --Whewell.
Syn: To expand; spread; circulate; extend; scatter; disperse;
publish; proclaim.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Diffuse \Dif*fuse"\, verb (used without an object)
To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Diffuse \Dif*fuse"\, adjective [L. diffusus, p. p.]
Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full;
esp., of style, opposed to {concise} or {terse}; verbose;
prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.
A diffuse and various knowledge of divine and human
things. --Milton.
Syn: Prolix; verbose; wide; copious; full. See {Prolix}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
289 Moby Thesaurus words for "diffuse":
abounding, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ambagious, ample,
aplenty, assign, atomize, bend, bespread, bestrew, bias,
bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, break into pieces,
break to pieces, break up, broad, broadcast, carry over, casual,
circuitous, circulate, circumfuse, circumlocutory, communicate,
consign, copious, crash, crawl with, creep with, crook, crunch,
crush, curve, cut to pieces, deal out, deflect, deflected,
deflective, deliver, demolish, deport, desultory, deviate,
diffract, diffracted, diffractive, diffuse, diffused, diffusive,
digressive, discrete, discursive, disjoin, dispel, dispense,
disperse, dispersed, dispread, disrupt, disseminate, disseminated,
dissipate, dissipated, distort, distorted, distribute, distributed,
diverge, divert, dogleg, ease, ease off, effuse, effusive, emanate,
epidemic, exhaustless, expand, expel, export, extend,
extend throughout, extended, extensive, extradite, extravagant,
exuberant, fan out, far-embracing, far-extending, far-flung,
far-flying, far-going, far-ranging, far-reaching, fat, fecund,
fertile, fill, fission, flectional, flexed, flush, formless,
fragment, free, full, galore, generous, grind, gushing, gushy,
hairpin, hand forward, hand on, hand over, honeycomb, imbue,
impart, import, in plenty, in quantity, indiscriminate,
inexhaustible, inflective, infuse, interlard, intersow,
intersperse, intersprinkle, issue, large-scale, lasting, lavish,
lax, leave no void, leaven, lengthy, let go, let up, liberal, long,
long-drawn-out, long-winded, loose, loosen, loquacious, luxuriant,
make mincemeat of, make over, many, maximal, meandering,
metastasize, metathesize, mince, much, numerous, occupy, opulent,
overflowing, overrun, overscatter, oversow, overspread, overswarm,
pass, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, penetrate, perfuse,
periphrastic, permeate, pervade, plenitudinous, plenteous,
plentiful, plenty, pleonastic, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal,
productive, profuse, profusive, prolific, prolix, prolonged,
propagate, protracted, publish, pull, pulverize, radiate, rambling,
rampant, random, ray, redundant, refract, refracted, refractile,
refractive, refrangible, reiterative, relax, relay, repetitive,
replete, retail, rich, rife, riotous, roundabout, run through,
running over, scatter, scattered, shatter, shiver, skew, skewed,
slack, slack off, slacken, smash, smash up, sow, sow broadcast,
sparse, splay, splinter, sporadic, spread, spread out, squash,
squish, straggling, straggly, strew, strewn, strown, suffuse,
superabundant, swarm with, sweeping, switch, tautologous,
teem with, teeming, transfer, transfer property, transfuse,
translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant,
transpose, turn, turn over, twist, unglue, unleash, unstick, utter,
verbose, warp, wealthy, well-found, well-furnished, well-provided,
well-stocked, wholesale, wide, wide-extended, wide-extending,
wide-ranging, wide-reaching, wide-stretching, widespread, windy,
wordy, zigzag
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