effuse
Use Effuse in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to pour out or forth; shed; disseminate: The town effuses warmth and hospitality.
verb (used without object)
2.
to exude; flow out.
3.
Physics. (of a gas) to flow through a very small orifice.
adjective
4.
scattered; profuse.
5.
Botany. spread out loosely.
6.
(of certain shells) having the lips separated by a gap or groove.
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| effuse | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to pour or flow out |
| 2. | to spread out; diffuse |
| 3. | (intr) to talk profusely, esp in an excited manner |
| 4. | to cause (a gas) to flow or (of a gas) to flow under pressure |
| —adj | |
| 5. | botany (esp of an inflorescence) spreading out loosely |
| [C16: from Latin effūsus poured out, from effundere to shed, from fundere to pour] | |
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Example sentences
Streams of molten rock that either effuse quietly from a vent or are fed by lava fountains.
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