diffuseverb [ I or T ]
uk/dɪˈfjuːz/us/dɪˈfjuːz/to (cause something to) spread in many directions:
Television is a powerful means of diffusing knowledge.
to (cause a gas or liquid to) spread through or into a surrounding substance by mixing with it:
Oxygen diffuses from the lungs into the bloodstream.
The drop of red dye diffused slowly in the water.
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Spreading and scattering
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub
- bestrew
- billow
- circulate
- fan out
- go round (somewhere)
- go/do the rounds idiom
- percolate
- radial
- radiate
- slap
- sprawl
- spread
- spread out
- sprinkling
- straggle
- stretch
- strew
- sweep
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Physical & chemical processes
diffusion
noun [ U ] uk/dɪˈfjuː.ʒən/us/dɪˈfjuː.ʒən/
the process of diffusion in gases/liquids/solids
diffuseadjective
uk/dɪˈfjuːs/us/dɪˈfjuːs/diffuse adjective (SPREAD)
spread out and not directed in one place:
a diffuse light
The company has become large and diffuse.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Spreading and scattering
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub
- bestrew
- billow
- circulate
- fan out
- go round (somewhere)
- go/do the rounds idiom
- percolate
- radial
- radiate
- slap
- sprawl
- spread
- spread out
- sprinkling
- straggle
- stretch
- strew
- sweep
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diffuse adjective (NOT CLEAR)
disapproving not clear or easy to understand:
a diffuse literary style
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Difficult to understand
- (as) clear as mud idiom
- abstruse
- ambiguity
- ambiguous
- arcane
- blurred
- equivocal
- esoteric
- fathomless
- garble
- get it into your thick head idiom
- obscure
- opaque
- oracular
- over your head idiom
- paradox
- puzzler
- puzzling
- veiled
- verbose
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diffusely
adverb uk/dɪˈfjuːs.li/us/dɪˈfjuːs.li/