diffuse

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To spread something out over a wide area, or to spread out in this way.

   The lamp's shade diffuses the light gently across the room.

2. 2
   adj

   Spread out widely and not concentrated in one place.

   Such a diffuse effort, scattered across too many goals, rarely produces good results.

3. 3
   adj

   Using too many words and lacking focus.

   The essay was so diffuse that the main point was hard to find.

From Middle French diffuser, from Latin diffūsus, past participle of diffundere, from dis- + fundere.

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