'Suffusion' definitions:
Definition of 'suffusion'
(from WordNet)
noun
The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance [syn: permeation, pervasion, suffusion]
Definition of 'Suffusion'
From: GCIDE
- Suffusion \Suf*fu"sion\, n. [L. suffusio: cf. F. suffusion.]
- 1. The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading. [1913 Webster]
- To those that have the jaundice, or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that color. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That with which a thing is suffused. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suffusion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blush,
- blushing,
- coloring,
- crimsoning,
- decoction,
- diffusion,
- flush,
- flushing,
- imbuement,
- impregnation,
- infiltration,
- infusion,
- instillation,
- instillment,
- interpenetration,
- mantling,
- marination,
- overrunning,
- overspreading,
- overswarming,
- penetration,
- permeation,
- pervasion,
- pudency,
- pudicity,
- reddening,
- saturation,
- soaking,
- steeping,
- transfusion