effuse meaning

effuse meaning
To effuse is to emit or give off. You know it’s truly spring when the cherry trees in your neighborhood start to effuse a wonderfully sweet, floral scent.When something effuses, it seeps out in a way you can sense. Light effuses through the curtains in the morning, and the smell of waffles effuses from the kitchen on Saturday mornings. You can also describe a quality that emanates from someone using this verb: “My teacher effuses calmness and kindness, which is why everyone loves him.” Effuse has a Latin root, effusus, “poured out.”

1. verb

   pour out
   “effused brine”

   synonyms:
   pour out

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   type of:
   

   pour
   

   cause to run

2. verb

   flow or spill forth
   synonyms:
   flow out

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   type of: emanate proceed or issue forth, as from a source
3. verb

   give out or emit (also metaphorically)
   “The room
   effuses happiness”

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   emit, give off, give out
   

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