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ooze
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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.

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

ooze 2  (z)
n.
1. Soft mud or slime.
2. A layer of mudlike sediment on the floor of oceans and lakes, composed chiefly of remains of microscopic sea animals.
3. Muddy ground.

[Middle English wose, from Old English wse.]

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

ooze 2
Noun
a soft thin mud, such as that found at the bottom of a lake, river, or sea [Old English wāse mud]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.oozeooze - any thick, viscous matter            
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.oozeooze - the process of seeping              
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
Verb1.ooze - pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
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"
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"

ooze 1
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

ooze 2
noun mud, clay, dirt, muck, silt, sludge, mire, slime, slob Irish gloop (informal) alluvium
Translations
ooze [uːz] virezumar

ooze [uːz] visuinter

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

ooze [uːz] vistillare

ooze
v ooze [uːz]
1 to flow slowly The water oozed through the sand. sypel, syfer يَرْشَح، يَنِز процеждам се prosakovat sive sickern αναβλύζω, κυλάω αργά manar, rezumar immitsema تراوش کردن tihkua suinter לְחַלחֵל चूना, धीरे धीरे बहना sporo protjecati szivárog mengalir vætla, seytla fluire にじみ出る (물·수분이) 배어나오다, 흘러나오다 srūti, palengva tekėti, sunktis lēni tecēt/sūkties mengalir sijpelen sive/piple ut sączyć się esvair-se a se prelinge медленно течь presakovať pronicati lagano curiti sippra ไหลซึม yavaş yavaş akmak, sızmak 滲出 повільно текти رِسنا chảy chầm chậm
2 to have (something liquid) flowing slowly out His wound was oozing blood. uitsypel, lek يَنْزن يَسِح، يَسيل капя vlhnout, mokvat udskille sickern ρέω, στάζω manar, rezumar nõrguma جاری شدن valua suinter לִנטוֹף बहना, टपकना polako istjecati szivárog mengalir gefa frá sér colare にじみ出す 흘러[]나오게 하다 (iš ko) sunktis lēni iztecēt meleleh sijpelen drive (av); piple ociekać, broczyć verter a se prelinge (din) сочиться vlhnúť, mokvať curljati lagano curiti droppa av ไหลซึม sızıp akmak 冒出 просочуватися بہہ کر نکلنا rỉ ra
n
liquid, slippery mud The river bed was thick with ooze. modder, slik, slyk سائِل، رَواسِب طينيَّه тиня bahno, sedlina slam der Schlick λάσπη cieno, fango muda لجن؛ خزه muta vase, boue בּוֹץ נוֹזלִי दलदल tekuće blato iszap lumpur eðja, leðja fanghiglia, melma 泥土 (강·바다 등의 바닥의) 개흙 dumblas dubļi; dūņas lumpur slijk gjørme, mudder muł lodo mâl, nămol липкая грязь; тина bahno; usadenina blato mulj dy, gyttja ทำให้ไหลซึม cıvık çamur 淤泥 липка грязь; мул نرم گيلي مٹي bùn
adj oozy
modderig, slykerig, vogtig زلِق بِسَبَب الرَّواسِب тинест bahnitý, mokvavý slammet schlickerig λασπερός, πηχτός cenagoso, fangoso lödine تراونده؛ لجن گرفته niljakas vaseux; suintant בּוֹצִי निस्यन्दी, दलदली blatnjavo iszapos; szivárgó berlumpur vætlandi fangoso, melmoso じくじくした 개흙의, 질척거리는 dumblingas dubļains; dūņains berselut vochtig, modderig gjørmet, slimet mulisty lodoso mâlos илистый; выделяющий влагу bahnitý; mokvavý blaten muljav drypande, sipprande, dyig ที่มีของเหลวซึมออกมา sızıntılı; cıvık çamurlu 泥濘,軟泥的 мулкий, тванистий کيچڑ سے بھرا ہوا có bùn; rỉ nước 泞,


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