effuse

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: ef=fuse

CIDE DICTIONARY

effuse, a. [L. effusus, p. p. of effundere to pour out; ex + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.].

•  Poured out freely; profuse.  [1913 Webster]

  "So should our joy be very effuse."  [1913 Webster]
•  Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.  Young.  [1913 Webster]
•  Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence.  Loudon.  [1913 Webster]
•  Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.  [1913 Webster]

effuse, n. 

 Effusion; loss.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

effuse, v. t. 

 To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.  [1913 Webster]
"With gushing blood effused."  [1913 Webster]

effuse, v. i. 

 To emanate; to issue.  Thomson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

effuse, adj. & v.
--adj. Bot. (of an inflorescence etc.) spreading loosely.
--v.tr.
1 pour forth (liquid, light, etc.).
2 give out (ideas etc.).

Etymology

ME f. L effusus past part. of effundere effus- pour out (as EX-(1), fundere pour)

THESAURUS

effuse

abounding, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ample, aplenty, arise, bail out, bleed, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, break cover, break forth, burst forth, come, come forth, come out, copious, debouch, diffuse, discharge, disembogue, egest, eliminate, emanate, emerge, emit, epidemic, erupt, excrete, exfiltrate, exhaustless, extravagant, extravasate, extrude, exuberant, exudate, exude, fat, fertile, filter, filtrate, flush, full, galore, generous, give off, in plenty, in quantity, inexhaustible, issue, issue forth, jump out, lavish, leach, liberal, lixiviate, luxuriant, many, maximal, much, numerous, ooze, opulent, overflowing, pass, percolate, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, protrude, rampant, reek, replete, rich, rife, riotous, running over, sally, sally forth, secrete, seep, strain, superabundant, surface, teeming, transpire, transude, wealthy, weep, well-found, well-furnished, well-provided, well-stocked, wholesale

ROGET THESAURUS

effuse

Egress

VB emerge, emanate, issue, egress, go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of, pass out of, evacuate, exude, transude, leak, run through, out through, percolate, transcolate, egurgitate, strain, distill, perspire, sweat, drain, ooze, filter, filtrate, dribble, gush, spout, flow out, well, well out, pour, trickle, effuse, extravasate, disembogue, discharge itself, debouch, come forth, break forth, burst out, burst through, find vent, escape.

Ejection

VB give exit, give vent to, let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out, dispatch, despatch, exhale, excern, excrete, embogue, secrete, secern, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, open the sluices, open the floodgates, turn on the tap, extrude, detrude, effuse, spend, expend, pour forth, squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop, perspire, breathe, blow, tap, draw off, bale out, lade out, let blood, broach, eject, reject, expel, discard, cut, send to coventry, boycott, chasser, banish, bounce, fire, fire out, throw, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside, push, throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside, shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away, brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away, discharge, send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift, turn out, bundle out, throw overboard, give the sack to, send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about, strike off the roll, turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop, pack off, send away with a flea in the ear, send to Jericho, bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home, evict, oust, unhouse, unkennel, dislodge, unpeople, dispeople, depopulate, relegate, deport, empty, drain to the dregs, sweep off, clear off, clear out, clear away, suck, draw off, clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge, embowel, disbowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, unearth, root out, root up, averuncate, weed out, get out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off, exenterate, vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf, belch out, cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god, disgorge, expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber, eructate, drool, unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload, break bulk, dump, be let out, spew forth, erupt, ooze.