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diffusing
Overview of verb diffuse
The verb diffuse has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out -- (move outward; "The soldiers fanned out")
2. (1) permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle -- (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")
3. (1) circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around -- (cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news")
Overview of adj diffusing
The adj diffusing has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) diffusing, diffusive, dispersive, disseminative, disseminating, scattering, spreading -- (spreading by diffusion)
Grep of noun diffusing
diffusing screen
Antonyms of verb diffuse
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb diffuse
3 senses of diffuse
Sense 1
diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
=> spread, distribute
Sense 2
permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
=> penetrate, perforate
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sense 3
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
=> publicize, publicise, air, bare
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb diffuse
3 senses of diffuse
Sense 1
diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
=> percolate
=> grow over, creep
=> run, bleed
=> mantle
Sense 2
permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
=> spiritize, spiritise
Sense 3
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
=> sow, sough
=> popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
=> carry, run
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb diffuse
3 senses of diffuse
Sense 1
diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
=> spread, distribute
Sense 2
permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
=> penetrate, perforate
Sense 3
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
=> publicize, publicise, air, bare
'Cause To' of verb diffuse
1 of 3 senses of diffuse
Sense 3
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
=> go around, spread, circulate
Derived Forms of verb diffuse
3 senses of diffuse
Sense 1
diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
RELATED TO>(noun) diffusion#4
=> dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion
Sense 2
permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
RELATED TO>(adj) diffusive#1
=> diffusing(prenominal), diffusive, dispersive, disseminative, disseminating, scattering, spreading
RELATED TO>(noun) diffusion#4
=> dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion
RELATED TO>(noun) diffusor#1
=> diffuser, diffusor
RELATED TO>(noun) diffusor#2
=> diffuser, diffusor
Sense 3
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
RELATED TO>(adj) diffusive#1
=> diffusing(prenominal), diffusive, dispersive, disseminative, disseminating, scattering, spreading
RELATED TO>(noun) diffusion#4
=> dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion
Domain of verb diffuse
Domain Terms of verb diffuse
Familiarity of verb diffuse
diffuse used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb diffuse
3 senses of diffuse
Sense 1
diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb diffuse
3 senses of diffuse
Sense 1
diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
> spread, distribute
=> generalize, generalise
=> metastasize, metastasise
=> discharge
=> strew, straw
=> export
=> propagate
=> deploy
=> redistribute
=> sprawl, straggle
=> diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
Sense 2
permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
> penetrate, perforate
=> probe, dig into, poke into
=> cut
=> interpenetrate, permeate
=> strike
=> break
=> foray
=> poke into
=> sneak in, creep in
=> permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
=> honeycomb
=> pierce
=> pierce, thrust
=> pierce
=> tunnel
=> percolate, sink in, permeate, filter
=> ingrain, grain
=> immerse, plunge
=> storm, force
=> ooze through
Sense 3
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
> publicize, publicise, air, bare
=> bulletin
=> publish, bring out, put out, issue, release
=> circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
=> air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb diffuse
Sense 1
diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
=> spread, distribute
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Sense 2
permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
=> penetrate, perforate
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Sense 3
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
=> publicize, publicise, air, bare
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Grep of verb diffuse
diffuse
Antonyms of adj diffusing
1 sense of diffusing
Sense 1
diffusing(prenominal), diffusive, dispersive, disseminative, disseminating, scattering, spreading
INDIRECT (VIA distributive) -> collective
Similarity of adj diffusing
1 sense of diffusing
Sense 1
diffusing(prenominal), diffusive, dispersive, disseminative, disseminating, scattering, spreading
=> distributive (vs. collective)
Pertainyms of adj diffusing
Attributes of adj diffusing
Domain of adj diffusing
Domain Terms of adj diffusing
Familiarity of adj diffusing
diffusing used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj diffusing
diffusing
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