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effuse
[ verb ih-fyooz; adjective ih-fyoos ]
verb (used with object)
effused, effusing.
- to pour out or forth; shed; disseminate:
The town effuses warmth and hospitality.
verb (used without object)
effused, effusing.
- 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
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Other Word Forms
- ܲe·ڳܲ adjective
- ܲe·ڳܲiԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of effuse1
C16: from Latin ڴūus poured out, from effundere to shed, from fundere to pour
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Andrew Schulz effuses on a recent Club Shay Shay episode.
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Yet even as he effused his liberal platform, Newsom couldn’t shake criticism from his opponents that his positions were a mirage.
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“He may be the perfect human being,” effused one anonymous fan.
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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.
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“My grandfather went on this one time,” Rachel Bloom effused on a recent afternoon.
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