Tra từ diffuse - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - verb

1. move outward (Freq. 1)
- The soldiers fanned out
• Syn:
spread, spread out, fan out
• Derivationally related forms:
spread (for: spread), diffusion
• Hypernyms:
spread, distribute
• Hyponyms:
percolate, creep, run, bleed, mantle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. spread or diffuse through (Freq. 1)
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
• Syn:
permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, imbue, riddle
• Derivationally related forms:
diffusive, diffusion, diffusor, interpenetration (for: interpenetrate), penetrative (for: penetrate), pervasive (for: pervade), pervasion (for: pervade), permeative (for: permeate), permeant (for: permeate), permeation (for: permeate)
• Hypernyms:
penetrate, perforate
• Hyponyms:
spiritize, spiritise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. cause to become widely known (Freq. 1)
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
• Syn:
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate,
propagate, broadcast, spread, disperse, pass around
• Derivationally related forms:
dispersive (for: disperse), dispersion (for: disperse), dispersal (for: disperse), diffusive, diffusion, spread (for: spread), spreading (for: spread), broadcast (for: broadcast), propagation (for: propagate), propagator (for: propagate), disseminative (for: disseminate), dissemination (for: disseminate), disseminator (for: disseminate), circular (for: circularise), circulation (for: circulate)
• Hypernyms:
publicize, publicise, air, bare
• Hyponyms:
podcast, sow, popularize, popularise, vulgarize,
vulgarise, generalize, generalise, carry, run
• Verb Group:
go around, spread, circulate
• Cause:
go around, spread, circulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

II - adjective

1. spread out;
not concentrated in one place (Freq. 1)
- a large diffuse organization
• Similar to:
distributed
• Derivationally related forms:
diffuseness
2. (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
• Syn:
soft, diffused
• Ant:
hard (for: soft)
3. lacking conciseness
- a diffuse historical novel
• Similar to:
prolix