Diffuse

[dɪ'fjuːz] or [dɪ'fjus]

Definition

(verb.) move outward; 'The soldiers fanned out'.

(adj.) spread out; not concentrated in one place; 'a large diffuse organization' .

(adj.) lacking conciseness; 'a diffuse historical novel' .

Typed by Aldo--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. i.) To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.

(a.) 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.

Editor: Peter

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Disperse, scatter, disseminate, spread, circulate, propagate, distribute, pour out, send abroad, spread abroad.

a. Prolix, copious, rambling, loose, verbose, wordy, diffusive, long-winded, long-spun, spun out.

Checker: Roland

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Discursive, prolix, verbose, diluted, copious

ANT:Laconic, epigrammatic, terse, condensed

Checker: Newman

Definition

adj. diffused: widely spread: wordy: not concise.—adv. Diffuse′ly.—n. Diffuse′ness.

v.t. to pour out all round: to send out in all directions: to scatter: to circulate: to publish.—v.i. to spread as a liquid does.—pa.p. and adj. Diffused′ spread widely: loose.—adv. Diffus′edly.—ns. Diffus′edness; Diffus′er; Diffusibil′ity.—adj. Diffus′ible that may be diffused.—ns. Diffū′sion a spreading or scattering abroad: extension: distribution: in the case of gases or liquids in contact mixture through each other; Diffū′sion-tube an instrument for determining the rate of diffusion for different gases.—adj. Diffus′ive extending: spreading widely.—adv. Diffus′ively.—n. Diffus′iveness.

Typist: Veronica

Examples

Typist: Theodore

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