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diffuse
diffuse is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses
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- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2intransitive verb
To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
- 3adjective
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.
- 4verb
cause to become widely known
"spread information"
"circulate a rumor"
- 5verb
spread or diffuse through
"An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"
"music penetrated the entire building"
- 6verb
move outward
"The soldiers fanned out"
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- 7adjective
spread out; not concentrated in one place
"a large diffuse organization"
- 8adjective
lacking conciseness
"a diffuse historical novel"
- 9adjective
(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
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