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effuse
[ih-fyooz, 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
Other Word Forms
- uneffused adjective
- uneffusing adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of effuse1
Example Sentences
Andrew Schulz effuses on a recent Club Shay Shay episode.
Yet even as he effused his liberal platform, Newsom couldn’t shake criticism from his opponents that his positions were a mirage.
“He may be the perfect human being,” effused one anonymous fan.
Andrews and others effuse about the film, which has its moments — including a famous eight-second sequence involving Andrews bearing her breasts — but “S.O.B.” feels overpraised.
“My grandfather went on this one time,” Rachel Bloom effused on a recent afternoon.
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