effuse
Verb
- pour out
- "effused brine"
- flow or spill forth
- give out or emit (also metaphorically)
- "The room effuses happiness"
- To emit; to give off.
- To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.
- To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
- To leak out through a small hole.
Adj
- Poured out freely; profuse.
- Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
- Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
- Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.
Noun
- effusion; loss
Examples
- "an effuse inflorescence"
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).
Synonyms
flow out, pour out
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 13
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