| diffuse | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out | move outward.; "The soldiers fanned out" |
| ~ spread, distribute | distribute or disperse widely.; "The invaders spread their language all over the country" |
| ~ percolate | spread gradually.; "Light percolated into our house in the morning" |
| ~ 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 | be diffused.; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" |
| ~ mantle | spread over a surface, like a mantle. |
| v. (contact) | 2. diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, 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" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ spiritise, spiritize | imbue with a spirit. |
| v. (communication) | 3. broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread | cause to become widely known.; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" |
| ~ publicize, bare, publicise, 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" |
| ~ circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use.; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" |
| ~ carry, run | include as the content; broadcast or publicize.; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" |
| adj. | 4. diffuse | spread out; not concentrated in one place.; "a large diffuse organization" |
| ~ distributed | spread out or scattered about or divided up. |
| adj. | 5. diffuse, diffused, soft | (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected. |
| adj. | 6. diffuse | lacking conciseness.; "a diffuse historical novel" |
| ~ prolix | tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length.; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know" |
| pass through | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. move through, pass across, pass over, pass through, transit | make a passage or journey from one place to another.; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;"; "Some travelers pass through the desert" |
| ~ transit | cause or enable to pass through.; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" |
| ~ cut | pass through or across.; "The boat cut the water" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| v. (motion) | 2. pass through | cause to move through.; "Pass a chemical through a solution" |
| ~ reeve | fasten by passing through a hole or around something. |
| ~ make pass, pass | cause to pass.; "She passed around the plates" |
| ~ reeve | pass through a hole or opening.; "reeve a rope" |
| ~ reeve | pass a rope through.; "reeve an opening" |
| v. (motion) | 3. infiltrate, pass through | pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict. |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
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