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diffuse
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French diffuser, from Latin diff?sus, past participle of diffundere, from dis- + fundere
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?fyo?oz'
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??fju?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??fjuz/
- Rhymes: -u?z
- Homophone: defuse
Verb
diffuse (third-person singular simple present diffuses, present participle diffusing, simple past and past participle diffused)
- (transitive) To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
- 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences
- We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations.
- 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences
- (intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
- Food coloring diffuses in water.
- The riot diffused quite suddenly.
Usage notes
The words diffuse and defuse are sometimes confused.
Synonyms
- forspread
Derived terms
- diffuser
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English *diffuse (attested in adverb diffuseli), from Latin diff?sus.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?fyo?os'
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??fju?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??fjus/
- Rhymes: -u?s
Adjective
diffuse (comparative more diffuse, superlative most diffuse)
- Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.
- Such a diffuse effort is unlikely to produce good results.
- Wordy; verbose.
Synonyms
- (not concentrated): spread out, thin; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
- (verbose): palaverous, prolix; see also Thesaurus:verbose
Derived terms
- diffusely
Translations
Related terms
- diffusion
References
- diffuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Duffies
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.fyz/
Verb
diffuse
- inflection of diffuser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Adjective
diffuse
- feminine singular of diffus
German
Adjective
diffuse
- inflection of diffus:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uze
Verb
diffuse
- third-person singular past historic of diffondere
Participle
diffuse
- feminine plural of diffuso
Adjective
diffuse
- feminine plural of diffuso
Latin
Etymology
From diff?sus (“scattered, spread”)
Adverb
diff?s? (comparative diff?sius, superlative diff?sissim?)
- diffusely, in a scattered manner.
- copiously, fully
Related terms
- diff?sus
References
- diffuse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
diffuse
- definite singular of diffus
- plural of diffus
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
diffuse
- definite singular of diffus
- plural of diffus
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sow
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sug? (compare West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge), from Proto-Indo-European *suh?kéh? (compare Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit ???? (s?kará, “swine, boar”)), from *suH- ‘pig’ (compare German Sau, Latin s?s, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ?? (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan ????????? (h?, “boar”). See also swine.
Alternative forms
- (dial.): zew, soo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophone: sough
Noun
sow (plural sows or swine)
- A female pig.
- A female bear, she-bear.
- A female guinea pig.
- A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
- A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
- 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 160:
- In England, it was generally termed a 'sow', if the weight was above 10 cwts., if below, it was termed a 'pig' from which the present term 'pig iron' is derived.
- 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 160:
- (derogatory, slang) A contemptible, often fat woman.
- A sowbug.
- (military) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Craig to this entry?)
Usage notes
The plural form swine is now obsolete in this sense.
Synonyms
- (mass of metal solidified in a mold): ingot
- (contemptible woman): bitch, cow
Derived terms
- make a silk purse of a sow's ear
Translations
See also
- boar
- hog
- pig
Etymology 2
From Middle English sowen, from Old English s?wan, from Proto-Germanic *s?an?, from Proto-Indo-European *seh?-. Compare Dutch zaaien, German säen, Danish så, Norwegian Bokmål så.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s??/
- (US) IPA(key): /so?/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophones: seau, sew, so, soe, soh
Verb
sow (third-person singular simple present sows, present participle sowing, simple past sowed, past participle sown or sowed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
- When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
- As you sow, so shall you reap.
- (figuratively) To spread abroad; to propagate.
- And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.
- (figuratively) To scatter over; to besprinkle.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, […] and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
Synonyms
- plant, scatter
Derived terms
- besow
- intersow
- oversow
- reap what one sows
- sower
- sown
- sow one's wild oats
- sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
Translations
Anagrams
- OSW, OWS, W.O.s, WOs, wos
Middle English
Noun
sow
- Alternative form of sowe
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