ooze

ooze ¹  (z)

v. oozed, ooz·ing, ooz·es

v.intr.

1. To flow or leak out slowly, as through small openings.

2. To disappear or ebb slowly: His courage oozed away.

3. To progress slowly but steadily: "Over grass bleached colorless by strong outback sun, the herd oozes forward" Geraldine Brooks.

4. To exude moisture.

5. To emit a particular essence or quality: The house oozed with charm.

v.tr.

1. To give off; exude.

2. To emit or radiate in abundance: She oozes confidence.

n.

1. The act of oozing.

2. Something that oozes.

3. An infusion of vegetable matter, as from oak bark, used in tanning.

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[Middle English wosen, from wose, juice, from Old English ws.]

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ooze ¹

Verb

[oozing, oozed]

1. to flow or leak out slowly; seep

2. (of a substance) to discharge moisture

3. to overflow with (a feeling or quality): he oozes confidence

Noun

a slow flowing or leaking [Old English wōs juice]

oozy adj

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ooze ²

Noun

a soft thin mud, such as that found at the bottom of a lake, river, or sea [Old English wāse mud]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ooze - any thick, viscous matter             goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, slime, sludge matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" sapropel - sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
	2.	ooze - the process of seeping               oozing, seepage flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) exudation, transudation - the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes
Verb	1.	ooze - pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings seep course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
	2.	ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores" exudate, exude, ooze out, transude distil, distill - give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" reek, fume - be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face transpire - give off (water) through the skin extravasate - geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth stream - exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" gum - exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring" secrete, release - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" froth - exude or expel foam; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth"

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ooze ¹

verb 1. seep, well, drop, escape, strain, leak, drain, sweat, filter, bleed, weep, drip, trickle, leach, dribble, percolate

2. emit, release, leak, sweat, bleed, discharge, drip, leach, give out, dribble, exude, give off, excrete, overflow with, pour forth

3. exude, emit, radiate, display, exhibit, manifest, emanate, overflow with

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ooze ²

noun mud, clay, dirt, muck, silt, sludge, mire, slime, slob Irish gloop (informal) alluvium

Translations

ooze [uːz] vi → rezumar

ooze [uːz] vi → suinter

ooze [uːz] vi [mud, water etc] → triefen

ooze [uːz] vi → stillare

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ooze

v ooze [uːz]

1 to flow slowly The water oozed through the sand.sypel, syferيَرْشَح، يَنِزпроцеждам сеprosakovatsivesickernαναβλύζω, κυλάω αργάmanar, rezumarimmitsemaتراوش کردنtihkuasuinterלְחַלחֵלचूना, धीरे धीरे बहनाsporo protjecatiszivárogmengalirvætla, seytlafluireにじみ出る(물·수분이) 배어나오다, 흘러나오다srūti, palengva tekėti, sunktislēni tecēt/sūktiesmengalirsijpelensive/piple utsączyć sięesvair-sea se prelingeмедленно течьpresakovaťpronicatilagano curitisippraไหลซึมyavaş yavaş akmak, sızmak滲出повільно тектиرِسناchảy chầm chậm渗出

2 to have (something liquid) flowing slowly out His wound was oozing blood.uitsypel, lekيَنْزن يَسِح، يَسيلкапяvlhnout, mokvatudskillesickernρέω, στάζωmanar, rezumarnõrgumaجاری شدنvaluasuinterלִנטוֹףबहना, टपकनाpolako istjecatiszivárogmengalirgefa frá sércolareにじみ出す흘러[]나오게 하다(iš ko) sunktislēni iztecētmelelehsijpelendrive (av); pipleociekać, broczyćvertera se prelinge (din)сочитьсяvlhnúť, mokvaťcurljatilagano curitidroppa avไหลซึมsızıp akmak冒出просочуватисяبہہ کر نکلناrỉ ra冒出

n

liquid, slippery mud The river bed was thick with ooze.modder, slik, slykسائِل، رَواسِب طينيَّهтиняbahno, sedlinaslamder Schlickλάσπηcieno, fangomudaلجن؛ خزهmutavase, boueבּוֹץ נוֹזלִיदलदलtekuće blatoiszaplumpureðja, leðjafanghiglia, melma泥土(강·바다 등의 바닥의) 개흙dumblasdubļi; dūņaslumpurslijkgjørme, muddermułlodomâl, nămolлипкая грязь; тинаbahno; usadeninablatomuljdy, gyttjaทำให้ไหลซึมcıvık çamur淤泥липка грязь; мулنرم گيلي مٹيbùn淤泥

adj ˈoozy

modderig, slykerig, vogtigزلِق بِسَبَب الرَّواسِبтинестbahnitý, mokvavýslammetschlickerigλασπερός, πηχτόςcenagoso, fangosolödineتراونده؛ لجن گرفتهniljakasvaseux; suintantבּוֹצִיनिस्यन्दी, दलदलीblatnjavoiszapos; szivárgóberlumpurvætlandifangoso, melmosoじくじくした개흙의, 질척거리는dumblingasdubļains; dūņainsberselutvochtig, modderiggjørmet, slimetmulistylodosomâlosилистый; выделяющий влагуbahnitý; mokvavýblatenmuljavdrypande, sipprande, dyigที่มีของเหลวซึมออกมาsızıntılı; cıvık çamurlu泥濘，軟泥的мулкий, тванистийکيچڑ سے بھرا ہواcó bùn; rỉ nước泥泞，软泥的