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EFFUSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give out or emit (also metaphorically)

Example:

The room effuses happiness

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flow or spill forth

Synonyms:

effuse; flow out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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:

Pour out

Example:

effused brine

Synonyms:

effuse; pour out

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "effuse" is one way to...):

pour (cause to run)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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