Verb
diffuse -
move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"
spread ,
spread out ,
fan out
distribute ,
spread give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams"
percolate pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
creep grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
bleed ,
run draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
mantle cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"
diffuse -
cause to become widely known; "spread information" ; "circulate a rumor" ; "broadcast the news"
circulate ,
circularize ,
circularise ,
distribute ,
disseminate ,
propagate ,
broadcast ,
spread ,
disperse ,
pass around
go around ,
circulate ,
spread become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread" ; "the story went around in the office"
publicise ,
publicize ,
bare ,
air make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"
podcast distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
sow introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"
go around ,
circulate ,
spread become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread" ; "the story went around in the office"
popularise ,
popularize ,
vulgarise ,
vulgarize ,
generalise ,
generalize make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"
carry ,
run continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province" ; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
diffuse -
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"
permeate ,
pervade ,
penetrate ,
interpenetrate ,
imbue ,
riddle
perforate ,
penetrate come to understand
spiritise ,
spiritize imbue with a spirit
Adjective
diffuse -
spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization"
distributed spread out or scattered about or divided up
diffuse -
lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel"
diffuse -
(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
soft ,
diffused
