EFFUSE DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found
effuse v 1: pour out; "effused brine" [syn: effuse, pour out] 2: flow or spill forth [syn: flow out, effuse] 3: give out or emit (also metaphorically); "The room effuses happiness" Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) effuse I. verb (effused; effusing) Etymology: Latin effusus, past participle of effundere, from ex- + fundere to pour — more at found Date: 1526 transitive verb to pour out (a liquid) intransitive verb 1. to flow out ; emanate 2. to make a great or excessive display of enthusiasm <they effused about his accomplishments> II. adjective Date: circa 1530 diffuse; specifically spread out flat without definite form <effuse lichens> Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary effuse ̘. ̈a.eˈfju:s adj. & v. --adj. Bot. (of an inflorescence etc.) spreading loosely. --v.tr. 1 pour forth (liquid, light, etc.). 2 give out (ideas etc.). [ME f. L effusus past part. of effundere effus- pour out (as EX-(1), fundere pour)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, a. [L. effusus, p. p. of effundere to pour out; ex + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.] 1. Poured out freely; profuse. [Obs.] So should our joy be very effuse. --Barrow. 2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal. [Obs.] --Young. 3. (Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence. --Loudon. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, n. Effusion; loss. ``Much effuse of blood.'' --Shak. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effused; p. pr. & vb. n. Effusing.] To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [R.] With gushing blood effused. --Milton. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, v. i. To emanate; to issue. --Thomson. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms effuse I. v. a. Shed, spill, pour out or forth. II. v. n. Issue, emanate, come forth, spread forth. III. a. Profuse, poured forth freely, lavish. IV. n. Effusion, outpouring, loss, waste, spilling, shedding. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 103 Moby Thesaurus words for "effuse": abounding, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ample, aplenty, arise, bail out, bleed, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, break cover, break forth, burst forth, come, come forth, come out, copious, debouch, diffuse, discharge, disembogue, egest, eliminate, emanate, emerge, emit, epidemic, erupt, excrete, exfiltrate, exhaustless, extravagant, extravasate, extrude, exuberant, exudate, exude, fat, fertile, filter, filtrate, flush, full, galore, generous, give off, in plenty, in quantity, inexhaustible, issue, issue forth, jump out, lavish, leach, liberal, lixiviate, luxuriant, many, maximal, much, numerous, ooze, opulent, overflowing, pass, percolate, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, protrude, rampant, reek, replete, rich, rife, riotous, running over, sally, sally forth, secrete, seep, strain, superabundant, surface, teeming, transpire, transude, wealthy, weep, well-found, well-furnished, well-provided, well-stocked, wholesale |
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