Associations to the word «Effuse» - Word Associations Network

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Wiktionary

EFFUSE, adjective. Poured out freely; profuse.

EFFUSE, adjective. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.

EFFUSE, adjective. (botany) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.

EFFUSE, adjective. (zoology) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.

EFFUSE, verb. (transitive) to emit; to give off

EFFUSE, verb. (figuratively) to gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something

EFFUSE, verb. (intransitive) To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.

EFFUSE, verb. (intransitive) to leak out through a small hole

EFFUSE, noun. (obsolete) effusion; loss

Dictionary definition

EFFUSE, verb. Pour out; "effused brine".

EFFUSE, verb. Flow or spill forth.

EFFUSE, verb. Give out or emit (also metaphorically); "The room effuses happiness".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.

Martin Luther King Jr.