suffuse
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suffuse
- /səˈfjuːz/ UK, US
Rhymes with -uːz
Where it comes from
From Latin suffundō.
verb suffuses · suffusing · suffused
- To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe. The entire room was suffused with a golden light.
- To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid. The warmth suffused his cold fingers.
- To pour underneath.
Similar: perfuse
adjective more suffuse · most suffuse
- Suffused; diffuse. This limonite-colored mud is most often very suffuse and only faintly apparent.
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verb
Similar: perfuse
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verb to spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light
| Español | repartir |
|---|---|
| Português | infundir |
| Deutsch | überziehen, bedecken, durchfluten, erfüllen |
verb to spread through or over in the manner of a liquid
| Español | repartir |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | durchziehen, überziehen, bedecken |
| Русский | наполня́ть napolnjátʹ, охва́тывать oxvátyvatʹ, напо́лнить napólnitʹ, охвати́ть oxvatítʹ |
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