- to pour out or forth; shed; disseminate: The town effuses warmth and hospitality.
- to exude; flow out.
- (of a gas) to flow through a very small orifice.
- scattered; profuse.
- spread out loosely.
- (of certain shells) having the lips separated by a gap or groove.
- to pour or flow out
- to spread out; diffuse
- to talk profusely, esp in an excited manner
- to cause (a gas) to flow or (of a gas) to flow under pressure
- (esp of an inflorescence) spreading out loosely