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.
Definitions
- transitive 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.
- intransitive verb. To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
- adjective. 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.
- verb. cause to become widely known
"spread information"
"circulate a rumor"
- verb. spread or diffuse through
"An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"
"music penetrated the entire building"
- verb. move outward
"The soldiers fanned out"
- adjective. spread out; not concentrated in one place
"a large diffuse organization"
- adjective. lacking conciseness
"a diffuse historical novel"
- adjective. (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
Synonyms
broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate, spread, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle, diffused, soft
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in diffuse:
Common word forms
diffused, diffuser, diffuses, diffusely, diffusing, diffuseness
Words from these letters
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