"profuse" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɹəˈfjuːs/ Audio: en-us-profuse.ogg Forms: more profuse [comparative], most profuse [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːs Etymology: From Latin profusus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-|*ǵʰewd-}}, {{uder|en|la|profusus}} Latin profusus Head templates: {{en-adj}} profuse (comparative more profuse, superlative most profuse)
  1. abundant or generous to the point of excess; copious; volubly expressed. Translations (In great quantity or abundance): богат (bogat) (Bulgarian), изобилен (izobilen) (Bulgarian), profús (Catalan), ógvisligur (Faroese), ylenpalttinen (Finnish), profuso (Galician), übermäßig (German), enorm (German), reichlich (German), üppig (German), überreich (German), freigiebig (German), freigebig (German), bőséges (Hungarian), raidhsiúil (Irish), profūsus (Latin), бо́гат (bógat) (Macedonian), изо́билен (izóbilen) (Macedonian), о́билен (óbilen) (Macedonian), ranea (Maori), فراوان (farâvân) (Persian), profuso (Portuguese), abundent (Romanian), îmbelșugat (Romanian), оби́льный (obílʹnyj) (Russian), štedrý (Slovak), bohatý (Slovak), rozsiahly (Slovak), veľkorysý (Slovak), profuso (Spanish), överflödande [neuter] (Swedish), īte (Tocharian B), bol (Turkish), bolca (Turkish), çok (Turkish)
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Verb

IPA: /pɹəˈfjuːs/ Audio: en-us-profuse.ogg Forms: profuses [present, singular, third-person], profusing [participle, present], profused [participle, past], profused [past]
Rhymes: -uːs Etymology: From Latin profusus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-|*ǵʰewd-}}, {{uder|en|la|profusus}} Latin profusus Head templates: {{en-verb}} profuse (third-person singular simple present profuses, present participle profusing, simple past and past participle profused)
  1. (obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander. Tags: obsolete
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Inflected forms

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          "text": "She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins.",
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        },
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          "text": "profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure",
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        },
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          "text": "On a green shadie Bank profuse of Flours",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bogat",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "богат"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izobilen",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "изобилен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "profús"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "ógvisligur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "ylenpalttinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "profuso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "übermäßig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "enorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "reichlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "üppig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "überreich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "freigiebig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "freigebig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "bőséges"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "raidhsiúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "profūsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bógat",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "бо́гат"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izóbilen",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "изо́билен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óbilen",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "о́билен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "ranea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "farâvân",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "فراوان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "profuso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "abundent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "îmbelșugat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obílʹnyj",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "оби́льный"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "štedrý"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "bohatý"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "rozsiahly"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "veľkorysý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "profuso"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
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    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "īte"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "bol"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "bolca"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "çok"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "ref": "[1611?], Homer, “Book XXIV”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:",
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        "(obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander."
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