Definition of "effuse" in English

adjective

1. Poured out freely; profuse.

2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.

3. (botany) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.

   • an effuse inflorescence

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

verb

1. (transitive) To emit; to give off.

2. (figuratively) To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.

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

4. (intransitive) To leak out through a small hole.

noun

1. (obsolete) effusion; loss