word | suffuse |
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definition | To spread over or fill something, as if by fluid or light. |
eg_sentence | As the soft light of dawn suffused the landscape, they could hear the loons crying over the lake. |
explanation | The odors of baking may suffuse a room, and so may the light of a sunset. A face may be suffused (that is, filled, but also probably flushed) with joy, or hope, or love. A novel may be suffused with Irish humor, and a room may be suffused with firelight. Scientists may even describe an insect's gray wings as being suffused with tinges of red. |
IPA | səfˈjuz |
Tags: mwvb::unit:24, mwvb::unit:24:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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