noun effusion; loss.
2. effuse ·adj poured out freely; profuse.
3. effuse ·adj disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
4. effuse ·vi to emanate; to issue.
5. effuse ·adj spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence.
6. effuse ·vt to pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
7. effuse ·adj having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading;
said of certain shells.