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[ verb dih-fyooz; adjective dih-fyoos ] / verb dɪˈfyuz; adjective dɪˈfyus / SEE SYNONYMS FOR diffuse ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), dif·fused, dif·fusing.to pour out and spread, as a fluid. to spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate. Physics. to spread by diffusion. verb (used without object), dif·fused, dif·fusing.to spread. Physics. to intermingle by diffusion. adjectivecharacterized by great length or discursiveness in speech or writing; wordy. widely spread or scattered; dispersed. Botany. widely or loosely spreading. Optics. (of reflected light) scattered, as from a rough surface (opposed to specular). Origin of diffuse1350–1400; Middle English (<Anglo-French ) <Latin diffūsus spread, poured forth. See dif-, fuse2 OTHER WORDS FROM diffusedif·fuse·ly [dih-fyoos-lee], /dɪˈfyus li/, adverbdif·fuse·ness, nounin·ter·dif·fuse, verb, in·ter·dif·fused, in·ter·dif·fus·ing.non·dif·fuse, adjective non·dif·fused, adjectivenon·dif·fus·ing, adjectiveo·ver·dif·fuse, verb, o·ver·dif·fused, o·ver·dif·fus·ing, adjectiveo·ver·dif·fuse·ly, adverbo·ver·dif·fuse·ness, nounre·dif·fuse, verb, re·dif·fused, re·dif·fus·ing.un·dif·fused, adjectivewell-dif·fused, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH diffusedefuse, diffuse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for diffuseThis assumption Locke combats rather too diffusely, according to our notions. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam Is memory made apt and extensive or narrow and diffusely irrelevant? Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey "Let me have the pleasure of telling it you my way," cried she, and told it diffusely, and kept him writhing. He spoke for five and a half hours, much too diffusely, spinning out what he might have said in half the time. The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) Volume I (of II)|Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville
British Dictionary definitions for diffuse
verb (dɪˈfjuːz)to spread or cause to spread in all directions to undergo or cause to undergo diffusion to scatter or cause to scatter; disseminate; disperse adjective (dɪˈfjuːs)spread out over a wide area lacking conciseness (esp of some creeping stems) spreading loosely over a large area characterized by or exhibiting diffusiondiffuse light; diffuse reflection botany (of plant growth) occurring throughout a tissue Derived forms of diffusediffusely (dɪˈfjuːslɪ), adverbdiffuseness, noundiffusible (dɪˈfjuːzəbəl), adjectivediffusibility or diffusibleness, nounWord Origin for diffuseC15: from Latin diffūsus spread abroad, from diffundere to pour forth, from dis- away + fundere to pour undefined diffuseAvoid confusion with defuse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to diffuseseparated, diluted, distributed, scattered, general, broadcast, extended, thin, strewn, circulated, expanded, radiated, propagated, dispersed, disseminated, rambling, meandering, loose, long, lavish Medical definitions for diffuse
adj.Not limited to one tissue or location; widespread. v.To spread or to be spread widely, as through a tissue. Other words from diffusedif•fus′i•ble (-fyōō′zə-bəl) adj.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |