"profuse" meaning in English

See profuse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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. 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)
    Sense id: en-profuse-en-adj-oTm8zOJU

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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      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "štedrý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
      "word": "bohatý"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "In great quantity or abundance",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "överflödande"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "profuse"
}

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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:",
          "text": "Mercury, thy help hath been profused",
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          "lavish",
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        "(obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander."
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