diffuse :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (16)

v. spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

spread, spread out, fan out

v. move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

spread, broadcast, propagate, circulate, disperse, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, pass around

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (2)

diffuse

adj. spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization"

diffuse

adj. lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel"

Fuzzynyms (144)

fill, fill up, make full

v. make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

overrun, infest, invade in great numbers

v. invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"

tincture, impregnate, infuse, instill

v. fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"

soak, imbue, saturate

v. lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid

indoctrinate, teach uncritically, teach doctrines to

v. teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"

flood, swamp, deluge, inundate

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

impregnate, saturate

v. infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"

occupy, invade

v. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

bust, raid, make a raid on

v. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"

surprise, storm

v. attack by storm; attack suddenly

infiltrate

v. of liquids

break, scatter, disperse, dissipate, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

grow, become bigger, become greater, become larger

v. become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

progress, build, work up, build up, form steadily

v. form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

progress, advance, get on, come along, come on, make progress, shape up, get along

v. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

spread out, string out

v. set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series; "the houses were strung out in a long row"

expand, spread out

v. extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"

mushroom, grow fast

v. grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed"

bloom, flower, blossom

v. produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"

burgeon

v. grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"

boom, flourish, expand, prosper, thrive, grow stronger, get ahead

v. grow stronger; "The economy was booming"

proliferate, grow rapidly

v. grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

stretch, extend

v. become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"

circulate, pass on, distribute, pass around

v. cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among the faculty"

break, scatter, disperse, dissipate, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

scatter, break up, disperse

v. cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"

sprinkle, scatter, dot, dust, intersperse, disperse

v. distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

scatter, break up, disperse, dissipate, dispel, cause to disperse

v. to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

cast, ramble, swan, stray, range, drift, vagabond, wander, roam, rove

v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

communicate, intercommunicate, transmit

v. transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

present, introduce, acquaint

v. cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"

harbinger, herald, foretell, announce, annunciate

v. foreshadow or presage

carry, transport

v. move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"

lift, rise, go up, come up, ascend, move up

v. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

extend, widen, broaden

v. extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"

distend, dilate

v. become wider; "His pupils were dilated"

swell, distend, swell up

v. expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

spread, extend, distribute, cause to spread

v. distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

spread, open, unfold, spread out

v. spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms"

spread out

adj. "The spread-out cards"

Synonyms (38)

pass, run, guide

v. guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"

apportioned, doled out, meted out, parceled out, dealt out

adj. given out in portions

diffused

adj. (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material; "diffused light"

dispensed

adj. distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions; "medicines dispensed to the sick"

spread, dispersed

adj. distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"

divided, shared, divided up, shared out

adj. distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose

encyclical

adj. intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter"

rationed

adj. distributed equitably in limited individual portions; "got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar"

scattered, widespread

adj. distributed over a considerable extent; "far-flung trading operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout"

separated, spaced

adj. spaced apart

thin, sparse

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

unfocused, unfocussed

adj. not concentrated at one point or upon one objective; "diversity...in our huge unfocused country"- Owen Wister

windy, long-winded, tedious, verbose, wordy

adj. using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

verbal

adj. prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare

pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological

adj. repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant

wordy, redundant

adj. use of more words than required to express an idea: "a wordy gossipy account of a simple incident"; "a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious"

Antonyms (2)

concentrated

adj. gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore"

concise

adj. expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"

diffuse

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