EFFUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does effuse mean? 

• EFFUSE (verb)
  The verb EFFUSE has 3 senses:

1. pour out

2. flow or spill forth

3. give out or emit (also metaphorically)

  Familiarity information: EFFUSE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EFFUSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they effuse    ... he / she / it effuses   
Past simple: effused   
Past participle: effused   
-ing form: effusing   

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)