MEANING
1. To flow or pour out, or cause something to do so.
2. To express feelings or words copiously and without much restraint.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- effuse fluid
- fluid effuses
On the page
Fluid effused through the damaged seam.
The vessel effused its contents when the seal failed.
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Word forms
- Base
- effuse
- Past tense
- effused
- Past participle
- effused
- Present participle
- effusing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- effuse
- Present continuous
- am/is/are effusing
- Present perfect
- have/has effused
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been effusing
- Past
- effused
- Past continuous
- was/were effusing
- Past perfect
- had effused
- Past perfect continuous
- had been effusing
- Future
- will effuse
- Future continuous
- will be effusing
- Future perfect
- will have effused
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been effusing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: effuse; effuses; effused; effused; effusing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: effuses.
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