v. /i fyoohz"/ ; adj. /i fyoohs"/ , v. , effused, effusing , adj.
v.t.
1. to pour out or forth; shed; disseminate: The town effuses warmth and hospitality.
v.i.
2. to exude; flow out.
3. Physics. (of a gas) to flow through a very small orifice.
adj.
4. scattered; profuse.
5. Bot. spread out loosely.
6. (of certain shells) having the lips separated by a gap or groove.
[ 1350-1400; ME effus ( us ) (ptp. of effundere ) poured out, equiv. to ef- EF- + fusus poured (see FUSE 2 ) ]