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EFFUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does effuse mean? 

EFFUSE (verb)
  The verb EFFUSE has 3 senses:

1. pour outplay

2. flow or spill forthplay

3. give out or emit (also metaphorically)play

  Familiarity information: EFFUSE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


EFFUSE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they effuse  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it effuses  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: effused  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: effused  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: effusing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pour out

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

effuse; pour out

Context example:

effused brine

Hypernyms (to "effuse" is one way to...):

pour (cause to run)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Flow or spill forth

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

effuse; flow out

Hypernyms (to "effuse" is one way to...):

emanate (proceed or issue forth, as from a source)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

effusion (flow under pressure)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Give out or emit (also metaphorically)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The room effuses happiness

Hypernyms (to "effuse" is one way to...):

emit; give off; give out (give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

effusion (an unrestrained expression of emotion)


 Context examples 


The presence of effused chyle in the peritoneal cavity.

(Chylous Ascites, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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