circumfuse | (verb) spread something around something | - |
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confuse | (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, obnubilate, obscure |
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(verb) mistake one thing for another | Synonyms: confound |
(verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
(verb) assemble without order or sense | Synonyms: jumble, mix up |
(verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: disconcert, flurry, put off |
defuse | (verb) remove the triggering device from | - |
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diffuse | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffused, soft |
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(adjective) spread out; not concentrated in one place | - |
(adjective) lacking conciseness | - |
(verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
(verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
(verb) move outward | Synonyms: fan out, spread, spread out |
effuse | (verb) give out or emit (also metaphorically) | - |
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(verb) flow or spill forth | Synonyms: flow out |
(verb) pour out liberally | Synonyms: pour out |
fuse | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming |
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(noun) an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded | Synonyms: electrical fuse, safety fuse |
(verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, immix, meld, merge, mix |
(verb) make liquid or plastic by heating | - |
(verb) become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat | - |
(verb) equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse | - |
infuse | (verb) introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes | - |
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(verb) let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse | Synonyms: steep |
(verb) fill, as with a certain quality | Synonyms: impregnate, instill, tincture |
(verb) undergo the process of infusion | - |
(verb) teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions | Synonyms: inculcate, instill |
perfuse | (verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | Synonyms: suffuse |
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(verb) force a fluid through (a body part or tissue) | - |
profuse | (adjective) produced or growing in extreme abundance | Synonyms: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, riotous |
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refuse | (noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) | Synonyms: food waste, garbage, scraps |
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(verb) show unwillingness towards | Synonyms: decline |
(verb) not accept as true | Synonyms: decline, pass up, reject, turn down |
(verb) refuse to let have | Synonyms: deny |
(verb) refuse entrance or membership | Synonyms: reject, turn away, turn down |
(verb) elude, especially in a baffling way | Synonyms: defy, resist |
(verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | Synonyms: reject, resist |
suffuse | (verb) to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light | - |
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(verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | Synonyms: perfuse |
transfuse | (verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin | Synonyms: cup |
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(verb) give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to | - |
(verb) pour out of one vessel into another | - |
(verb) impart gradually | Synonyms: instill |