effuse

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Botany Spreading out loosely.
2. v. To pour out (a liquid).
3. v. To radiate; diffuse.
4. v. To spread or flow out.
5. v. To ooze forth; exude.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To pour out, as a fluid; spill; shed.
2. Poured out freely; profuse.
3. In botany: Very loosely spreading, as a panicle, etc.
4. In lichenology, spread out without definite form or figure: opposed to effigurate.
5. In zoology: In conchology, applied to shells where the aperture is not whole behind, but the lips are separated by a gap or groove.
6. In entomology, loosely joined; composed of parts which are almost separated from one another: opposed to compact or coarctate.
7. n. Effusion; outpouring; loss; waste.
8. To flow, as a fluid, through an aperture or through a porous partition the openings in which are large compared with the diameter of a molecule.

Wiktionary

1. adj. spread out
2. v. transitive to emit; to give off
3. v. figuratively to gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something
4. v. intransitive to leak out through a small hole

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. obsolete Poured out freely; profuse.
2. adj. obsolete Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
3. adj. (Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
4. adj. (Zoöl.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
5. n. Effusion; loss.
6. v. rare To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
7. v. To emanate; to issue.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. give out or emit (also metaphorically)
2. v. flow or spill forth
3. v. pour out