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Meaning of effuse

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

effuse

Pronunciation:

noun

Definitions

  1. Effusion; loss

verb

Definitions

  1. To emit; to give off

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

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

  4. To leak out through a small hole

adjective

Definitions

  1. Poured out freely; profuse.

  2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.

  3. Spreading loosely, especially on one side.

    Example: an effuse inflorescence

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