Meaning

4 senses

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

    mitgeben, emittieren

    give out or emit (also metaphorically)

  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.

    pour out liberally

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

Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to emit:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to

Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).

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Forms

effuses, effusing, effused, effused
Base formeffuse · to effuse
3rd person singulareffuses
Present participleeffusing
Past simpleeffused
Past participleeffused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyeffuse
he, she, iteffuses

Past simpleLesson

all personseffused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave effused
he, she, ithas effused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill effuse

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedeffusion

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
effortA2effortlessC1effortlesslyeffronteryeffusiveegalitarianC2eggA1
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