Diffuse

What do we mean by diffuse?

To cause to spread out freely. intransitive verb

To make known to or cause to be used by large numbers of people; disseminate. intransitive verb

To make less brilliant; soften. intransitive verb

To make less intense; weaken. intransitive verb

To cause to undergo diffusion. intransitive verb

To become widely dispersed; spread out. intransitive verb

To undergo diffusion. intransitive verb

Widely spread or scattered; not concentrated. adjective

Wordy or unclear: synonym: wordy. adjective

To pour out and spread, as a fluid; cause to flow and spread.

To spread abroad; scatter; send out or extend in all directions.

Synonyms To scatter, disseminate, circulate, disperse, distribute, propagate.

To spread, as a fluid, by the wandering of its molecules in amongst those of a contiguous fluid.

Widely spread or diffused; extended; dispersed; scattered.

Specifically

In pathology, spreading widely and having no distinctively defined limits: as, a diffuse inflammation or suppuration: opposed to circumscribed.

In boto, spreading widely and loosely.

In embryology, applied to a form of non-deciduate placenta in which the fetal villi form a broad belt.

In zoology, sparse; few and scattered, as markings; especially, in entomology, said of punctures, etc., when they are less thickly set than on a neighboring part from which they appear to be scattered off.

Prolix; using many words; verbose; rambling: said of speakers and writers or their style.

To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

Words that are spelled similarly to diffuse:
diffuse, diffusa, diffus.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word diffuse:
knapweed, specular, axonal, scleroderma, reflectance, nebulae, reniform, lymphoma, pleural, bilayer, alveolar, interstitial, interstellar, forewing, nebula, tomography, diffusion, reflection, fibrosis, lipid, cortical, infiltration, underside, membrane, scattering, thorax, blackish, emission, illumination, galaxies, milky, pulmonary, costal, clouds, galactic, lesions, transverse, localized, cerebral, whitish, systemic, gradient, oblique, ions, apex, infrared, focal, inflammation, lung, radiation, spots, abdomen, layer, galaxy, tissues, molecules, margins, basal, patch, pale, veins, concentration, dots, posterior, absorption, patches, cell, nucleus, darker, receptors, tissue, scales, plasma, dense, optical, irregular, pollution, electrons, brain, imaging, dust, syndrome, vein, marginal, acute, atoms, dorsal, oxygen, cells, particles, nervous, scattered, hydrogen, nerve, injury, costa, electron, margin, freely, cloud.

Words that rhyme with diffuse:
lose, choose, loose, obtuse, use, abuse, muse, recuse, produce, induce, peruse, goose, introduce, news, juice, ruse, abstruse, reduce, whose, refuse, deuce, fuse, deduce, cruise, excuse, spruce, accuse, recluse, defuse, shoes, infuse, nous, bruise, sluice, ooze, moose, confuse, truce, profuse, noose, amuse, blues, booze, snooze, seduce, luce, suffuse, mousse, reuse, chartreuse, disabuse, misuse, caboose, bemuse, schmooze, zeus, youse, reproduce, enthuse, duce, bruce, cruse, cruze, hughes, cues, footloose, overuse, dues, cruz, ensues, roose, eschews, douce, prepuce, sous, trews, meuse, coos, loos, syracuse, views, revenues, boos, andrews, kangaroos, disuse, druze, tattoos, druse, hues, avenues, soyuz, statues, roos, jews, ewes, reintroduce, tissues, lewes, ques.

Adjectives that are often used to describe diffuse:
more, less, acute, chronic, most, bilateral, severe, toxic, mild, extensive, light, focal, characteristic, latter, magical, type, nonspecific, slight, somewhat, compact, progressive, moderate, nontoxic, induced, placenta, intense, endless, wider, unilateral, liquid, weak, idiopathic, thermal, congenital, apotracheal, region, panicle, effeminate, agreeable, widespread, broader, generalized, noxious, metatracheal, soluble, fetus, side.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective diffuse:
disease, infiltration, light, scattering, injury, reflection, involvement, radiation, pattern, fibrosis, damage, form, thickening, inflammation, pain, spasm, type, sclerosis, layer, lymphoma, lesions, nature, infiltrates, hyperplasia, enlargement, peritonitis, process, atrophy, edema, support, changes, reflectance, goiter, distribution, loss, illumination, erythema, component, tenderness, diseases, infiltrate, sources, nephritis, increase, tissue, scleroderma, staining, hemorrhage, background, daylight, proliferation, lesion, clouds, degeneration, color, emission, lymphomas, field, source, redness, growth, anxiety, band, nebulae, bands, glomerulonephritis, reaction, pollution, network, surface, enhancement, necrosis, dysfunction, intensity, abnormalities, lighting, uptake, calcification, rash, reflections, dilatation, carcinoma, narrowing, density, pigmentation, encephalopathy, patterns, mass, plaques, cloud, deposits.

Consonant match to diffuse:
defuse.

Words that sound like diffuse:
diffuse, defuse, diffus, defuze, diffusor, deface, diffused, disuse, defused, diffuser, defuser, dufus, deafness, duffus, defeats, defense, defence, doofus, defies, effuse, diffusive, diffs, daphnis, defrays, diffusely, defease, difs, defy you, diseuse, refuse, typhoeus, affuse, duffs, deaf to, defex, dephase, defames, the few, defocus, difference, device, defy, defiance, decease, devise, denise, deduce, defrost, defines, toughness, differs, dui, defaced, defray, suffuse, divya, diffusing, denice, defusing, defoe, deflates, odiferous, diffuses, devries, do you, defiles, defers, delius, devoice, defi, delice, diffee, defs, dojos, degauss, doffs, defuses, dimos, defacer, defelice, deforce, defly, difelice, drift ice, diffley, dyfs, diffa, difa, dafs, dessous, disseise, decus, deflex, degussa, dequeue, diffusers, deafens, dehisce, death house, dfas.