<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>Effused, effusing: To pour out or forth; shed; disseminate: The town effuses warmth and hospitality.</li></ul></li><li>(used without object)<ul><li>Effused, effusing: To exude; flow out.</li><li>(Physics) (of a gas) To flow through a very small orifice.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Scattered; profuse.</li><li>(Botany) Spread out loosely.</li><li>(Of certain shells) Having the lips separated by a gap or groove.</li></ul>