Definitions for effuse

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effuse ef·fuse

Spelling: [verb ih-fyooz; adjective ih-fyoos]

IPA: /verb ɪˈfyuz; adjective ɪˈfyus/

Effuse is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in effuse (eeffsu).

Definitions for effuse

adjective

1. scattered; profuse.
2. Botany. spread out loosely.
3. (of certain shells) having the lips separated by a gap or groove.

verb (used with object)

1. to pour out or forth; shed; disseminate:

verb (used without object)

1. to exude; flow out.
2. Physics. (of a gas) to flow through a very small orifice.

Origin of effuse

1350-1400; Middle English Latin effūs(us) (past participle of effundere) poured out, equivalent to ef- ef- + fūsus poured (see fuse²

Examples for effuse

I depart as air ... I shake my locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies and drift it in lacy jags.

Aperture above pointed, externally straight, below rounded, widened or effuse.

Outer lip thick, effuse, slightly reflected below, and contracted above.