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effuse
[ verb ih-fyooz; adjective ih-fyoos ]
verb (used with object)
- to pour out or forth; shed; disseminate:
The town effuses warmth and hospitality.
verb (used without object)
- to exude; flow out.
- Physics. (of a gas) to flow through a very small orifice.
adjective
- scattered; profuse.
- Botany. spread out loosely.
- (of certain shells) having the lips separated by a gap or groove.
effuse
verb
- to pour or flow out
- to spread out; diffuse
- intr to talk profusely, esp in an excited manner
- to cause (a gas) to flow or (of a gas) to flow under pressure
adjective
- botany (esp of an inflorescence) spreading out loosely
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Other Words From
- unef·fused adjective
- unef·fusing adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of effuse1
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Example Sentences
I depart as air ... I shake my locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies and drift it in lacy jags.
Outer lip thick, effuse, slightly reflected below, and contracted above.
Aperture above pointed, externally straight, below rounded, widened or effuse.
Shell coniform, broad; aperture effuse, tumid callosity on the inner lip large, and spreading over the spire.
Outer lip crenulated, or toothed: Aperture at the base effuse, smooth within, and destitute of an internal groove.
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