- 2. Bashful, timid, sheepish, over-modest, shy, distrustful of one’s self.
Diffuse, v. a. Disperse, scatter, disseminate, spread, circulate, propagate, distribute, pour out, send abroad, spread abroad.
Diffuse, a.
- 1. Prolix, copious, rambling, loose, verbose, wordy, long-winded, long-spun, spun out.
- 2. (Med.) Spreading, ill-defined, vaguely defined.
Diffusion, n. Dispersion, spread, extension, propagation, circulation, distribution.
Diffusive, a.
- 1. Expansive, wide-reaching, permeating.
- 2. Spreading in every direction.
Dig, v. a.
- 1. Excavate, delve, scoop, hollow out.
- 2. Break up (with a spade, hoe, or the like).
Dig, v. n. Delve, work with a spade, hoe, etc.
Dig, n.
- 1. Punch, poke, thrust.
- 2. [At colleges, U. S.] Plodding student.
Digest, n.
- 1. Pandect.
- 2. Code, system.
- 3. Abridgment, abstract, compend, compendium, epitome, summary, synopsis, conspectus, breviary,
brief, sum and substance.
Digest, v. a.
- 1. Methodize, systematize, arrange, codify, classify, dispose, reduce to order.