SUFFUSE


Meaning of SUFFUSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ səfju:z ]

( suffuses, suffusing, suffused)

1.

If something, especially a colour or feeling, suffuses a person or thing, it gradually spreads over or through them. ( LITERARY )

A dull red flush suffused Selby’s face.

VERB : V n

2.

If something such as a book, film, or piece of music is suffused with a quality, it is full of that quality. ( FORMAL )

This book is suffused with Shaw’s characteristic wry Irish humour...

VERB : be V-ed with n

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