effuse — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Poured out freely; profuse.

   Examples

   So should our joy be very effuse.

2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.

   Examples

   No wanton waste amid effuse expence

3. Spreading loosely, especially on one side.

   Examples

   an effuse inflorescence

4. Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.

Verb

1. To emit; to give off.

   Usage

   • Transitive

2. To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.

   Usage

   • Figurative

3. To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   With gushing blood effused.

4. To leak out through a small hole.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

Noun

1. effusion; loss

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   Much effuse of blood.

Verb

1. pour out liberally

   Synonyms

   pour out

   Broader terms

   pour

   Examples

   effused brine

2. flow or spill forth

   Synonyms

   flow out

   Broader terms

   emanate

3. give out or emit (also metaphorically)

   Broader terms

   emitgive outgive off

   Examples

   The room effuses happiness