diffuse en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈfjuz/ (US)
- (US) audio
- dĭfyo͞oz'
- /dɪˈfjuːz/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle French diffuser, from Latin diffūsus, past participle of diffundere, from dis- + fundere.
Meanings
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(transitive) To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
The small window diffuses light throughout the room.
Ideas are easily diffused with the help of technology.
We do not know by whom the insufficiency of the year of 365 days was first discovered; we find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations, and various artifices used in making the correction.
1837, William Whewell, “Earliest Stages of Astronomy”, in History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Times. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […]; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: J. and J. J. Deighton, →OCLC, book III (History of Greek Astronomy), section 3 (Correction of the Civil Year. (Julian Calendar.)), page 121:
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(intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
Food coloring diffuses in water.
The riot diffused quite suddenly.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| diffuses | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| diffused | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| diffused | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| diffusing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
diffusate · diffuseness · nondiffuse · diffusable · interdiffuse · ultradiffuse · outdiffuse · overdiffuse · diffusability · rediffuse · hydrodiffuse · diffusible · undiffuse · diffuser · diffuson
Synonyms
Translations (57)
vi lan toả ((transitive) to spread over or through) · mi tūrererere ((transitive) to spread over or through) · io difuzar ((transitive) to spread over or through) · hu áraszt ((transitive) to spread over or through) · cmn 渗出 ((transitive) to spread over or through) · hu szóródik ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · fr se diffuser ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · tl kumalat ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · cmn 被扩散 ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · fi levittää ((transitive) to spread over or through) · cmn 使渗出 ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · cy tryledu ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · hu szétterít ((transitive) to spread over or through) · pt difundir ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · vi khuếch tán ((transitive) to spread over or through) · fi levitä ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · hu árad ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · de diffundieren ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · mi tūringiringi ((transitive) to spread over or through) · sv diffundera ((transitive) to spread over or through) · fr diffuser ((transitive) to spread over or through) · da diffus ((transitive) to spread over or through) · tl ikalat ((transitive) to spread over or through) · ru распространя́ть ((transitive) to spread over or through) · bg разсейвам се ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · bg разсейвам ((transitive) to spread over or through) · hu terjed ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · fi hajaantua ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · bg разпръсвам се ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · bg разпространявам ((transitive) to spread over or through) · ru рассе́ивать ((transitive) to spread over or through) · ru распространи́ться ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · no diffundere ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · fi diffundoitua ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · bg разпръсвам ((transitive) to spread over or through) · ca difondre ((transitive) to spread over or through) · hu terjeszt ((transitive) to spread over or through) · ru рассе́иваться ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · ru распространи́ть ((transitive) to spread over or through) · hu szétszóródik ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · ga idirleath ((transitive) to spread over or through) · cmn 扩散 ((transitive) to spread over or through) · hu szétszór ((transitive) to spread over or through) · de diffundieren ((transitive) to spread over or through) · mi kona ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · ru рассе́яться ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · fi hajota ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · sv diffundera ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · enm toscheden ((transitive) to spread over or through) · cy tryledu ((transitive) to spread over or through) · pt difundir ((transitive) to spread over or through) · ru распространя́ться ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · ru рассе́ять ((transitive) to spread over or through) · fi hajottaa ((transitive) to spread over or through) · no diffundere ((transitive) to spread over or through) · hu szétterjed ((intransitive) to be spread over or through) · hu szór ((transitive) to spread over or through)