verb
- Move outward.
- usage: "The soldiers fanned out"
- synonyms: diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
- Spread or diffuse through.
- usage: "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
- Cause to become widely known.
- usage: "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
- synonyms: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
adjective
- Spreading by diffusion.
- synonyms: diffusive, dispersive, disseminative