diffuse
verb (used with object)
to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
diffuses
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present tense formof diffuse (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The glass is screened by adjustable curtains of a high-tech fabric that diffuses and softens the sunlight, making it ideal for viewing the three-dimensional art displayed there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
They’re also less likely to be cultivated in complete monocultures than oil palms, which diffuses their impact on surrounding ecosystems.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024
She discovered that while gadolinium diffuses everywhere, the diamond nanoparticles stayed in the blood vessels, didn't leak out and later shone brightly in the MRI, just as they had done in the gelatin capsules.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
Dunst diffuses the moment by adopting an exaggerated Valley girl sing-song, “I basically fell in love with Cailee and I was like, ‘She’s the best, you need to work with her.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
The square of sunshine moves, diffuses, grows faint yellow.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
