adj
Meaning 1
Poured out freely; profuse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
effuse
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adj
Meaning 2
Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
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adj
Meaning 3
Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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- an effuse inflorescence
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adj
Meaning 4
Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 5
effusion; loss
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 6
To emit; to give off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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verb
Meaning 8
To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To leak out through a small hole.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 10
give out or emit (also metaphorically)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The room effuses happiness
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Broader terms: emit, give out, give off
verb
Meaning 11
flow or spill forth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flow out
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Broader terms: emanate
verb
Meaning 12
pour out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- effused brine
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Synonyms: pour out
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Broader terms: pour
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: mitgeben — to emit
- German: emittieren — to emit
- Hungarian: áradozik — to talk excitedly
- Hungarian: rajong — to talk excitedly
- Māori: pātere — to talk excitedly
- Māori: ngongoro — to talk excitedly