Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Spreading out loosely.
- intransitive verb To pour out (a liquid).
- intransitive verb To radiate; diffuse.
- intransitive verb To spread or flow out.
- intransitive verb To ooze forth; exude.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To pour out, as a fluid; spill; shed.
- Poured out freely; profuse.
- In botany: Very loosely spreading, as a panicle, etc.
- In lichenology, spread out without definite form or figure: opposed to effigurate.
- In zoology: In conchology, applied to shells where the aperture is not whole behind, but the lips are separated by a gap or groove.
- In entomology, loosely joined; composed of parts which are almost separated from one another: opposed to compact or coarctate.
- To flow, as a fluid, through an aperture or through a porous partition the openings in which are large compared with the diameter of a molecule.
- noun Effusion; outpouring; loss; waste.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
- adjective obsolete Poured out freely; profuse.
- adjective obsolete Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
- adjective (Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
- intransitive verb To emanate; to issue.
- noun Effusion; loss.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
spread out - verb transitive to emit; to
give off - verb figuratively to
gush ; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something - verb intransitive to
leak out through a small hole
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give out or emit (also metaphorically)
- verb flow or spill forth
- verb pour out
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I effuse my flash in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.
Steve Heilig: The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever? Steve Heilig 2011
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I effuse my flash in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.
Steve Heilig: The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever? Steve Heilig 2011
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It's been two weeks since Jon Stewart went on Chris Wallace's Fox News show for one of his most highly anticipated interviews and both hosts are still continuing to effuse.
Jon Stewart Rips Chris Wallace, Fox News 'Crybabies' For Not Responding To Fact Checks (VIDEO) 2011
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I effuse my flash in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.
Steve Heilig: The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever? Steve Heilig 2011
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I effuse my flash in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.
Steve Heilig: The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever? Steve Heilig 2011
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Whereas our analogues on the right used to effuse over how W. was doing a helluva job even as the country went to hell, we mutter or post disparaging comments about how Obama has let us down.
Mark Klempner: Hope 2.0: Standing With Obama Over the Long Haul Mark Klempner 2010
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Whereas our analogues on the right used to effuse over how W. was doing a helluva job even as the country went to hell, we mutter or post disparaging comments about how Obama has let us down.
Hope 2.0: Standing With Obama Over the Long Haul Mark Klempner 2010
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Whereas our analogues on the right used to effuse over how W. was doing a helluva job even as the country went to hell, we mutter or post disparaging comments about how Obama has let us down.
Mark Klempner: Hope 2.0: Standing With Obama Over the Long Haul 2010
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Whereas our analogues on the right used to effuse over how W. was doing a helluva job even as the country went to hell, we mutter or post disparaging comments about how Obama has let us down.
Mark Klempner: Hope 2.0: Standing With Obama Over the Long Haul 2009
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Would he be as effuse in writing about his native Florida or his more recent residence in California?
CHOOSE, SELECTED POEMS by MICHAEL ROTHENBERG EILEEN 2009
brtom commented on the word effuse
I will effuse egotism and show it underlying all, and I will be the
bard of personality
Whitman, "Starting from Paumanok"
January 9, 2008
yarb commented on the word effuse
Citation on muskiness.
June 22, 2008