suffuse

UK: /səˈfjuːz/ US: /səˈfjuz/ ,(sə fyo̅o̅z′)

Inflections of 'suffuse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

suffuses

v 3rd person singular

suffusing

v pres p

suffused

v past

suffused

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

suf•fuse /səˈfyuz/   v. [~ + object] , -fused, -fus•ing. 

1. to overspread with or as if with a liquid, color, etc.; pervade:
   Bright sunlight suffused the room.

suf•fu•sion /səˈfyuʒən/  n. [uncountable] See -fus-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

suf•fuse  (sə fyo̅o̅z′), v.t., -fused, -fus•ing. 

1. to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.

• Latin suffūsus (past participle of suffundere). See suf-, fuse²
• 1580–90;

suf•fused•ly  (sə fyo̅o̅zd′lē, -fyo̅o̅′zid-), adv.  suf•fu•sion  (sə fyo̅o̅′zhən), n.  suf•fu•sive  (sə fyo̅o̅′siv), adj.  Synonyms

cover, pervade, diffuse, bathe, flood.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

suffuse / səˈfjuːz/ verb

1. (tr; usually passive) to spread or flood through or over (something)

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin suffūsus overspread with, from suffundere, from sub- + fundere to pour

suffusion / səˈfjuːʒən/ noun

sufˈfusive adjective