Usually means: Spread out over a large area.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. diffuse: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. diffuse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diffuse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. diffuse: Collins English Dictionary
  5. diffuse: Vocabulary.com
  6. Diffuse, diffuse: Wordnik
  7. diffuse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. diffuse: Wiktionary
  9. diffuse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. diffuse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. diffuse: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. diffuse: Dictionary.com
  13. diffuse: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Diffuse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Diffuse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. diffuse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. diffuse: Rhymezone
  18. diffuse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. diffuse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. diffuse: Free Dictionary
  21. diffuse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. diffuse: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diffuse: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diffuse: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. Diffuse: Scleroderma
  6. diffuse: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  8. diffuse: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diffuse: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Diffuse: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
verb:  (intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
adjective:  Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.
adjective:  Wordy; verbose.

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