ooze (redirected from oozier)

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 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.

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[Middle English wose, from Old English wse.]

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ooze¹

vb

1. (intr) to flow or leak out slowly, as through pores or very small holes

2. to exude or emit (moisture, gas, etc.)

3. (tr) to overflow with to ooze charm

4. (intr; often foll by away) to disappear or escape gradually

n

1. a slow flowing or leaking

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) an infusion of vegetable matter, such as sumach or oak bark, used in tanning

[Old English wōs juice]

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ooze²

n

1. a soft thin mud found at the bottom of lakes and rivers

2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a fine-grained calcareous or siliceous marine deposit consisting of the hard parts of planktonic organisms

3. muddy ground, esp of bogs

[Old English wāse mud; related to Old French wāse, Old Norse veisa]

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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ooze¹

verb

1. seep, well, drop, escape, strain, leak, drain, sweat, filter, bleed, weep, drip, trickle, leach, dribble, percolate Blood was still oozing from the wound.

2. emit, release, leak, sweat, bleed, discharge, drip, leach, give out, dribble, exude, give off, excrete, overflow with, pour forth The cut was oozing a clear liquid.

3. exude, emit, radiate, display, exhibit, manifest, gush, emanate, overflow with Graham positively oozed confidence.

noun

seepage, leak, leaking, discharge, drip, dripping, trickle, oozing, dribble, leakage, exudation His shirt was soaked through with the slow ooze of blood.

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ooze²

noun mud, clay, dirt, muck, silt, sludge, mire, slime, slob (Irish), gloop (informal), alluvium He thrust his hand into the ooze and brought out a large toad.

Translations

ooze [uːz]

A. N → cieno m, limo m; [of blood] → pérdida f, salida f

B. VI [liquid] → rezumar(se); [blood] → salir; (= leak) → gotear

C. VT → rezumar (fig) → rebosar
the wound was oozing blood → la herida sangraba lentamente
he simply oozes confidence → rebosa confianza

ooze away VI + ADV → rezumarse

ooze out VI + ADV → rezumarse

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ooze [ˈuːz]

vi [liquid] → suinter

vt [+ liquid] → exsuder

[+ charm, confidence] → déborder de

ooze out

vi [liquid, pus] → suinter

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ooze

n

(of mud, glue, resin) → Quellen nt; (of water, blood) → Sickern nt, → Triefen nt

(= mud) → Schlamm m

vi

(lit) → triefen; (water, blood) → sickern, triefen; (wound) → nässen; (resin, mud, glue) → (heraus)quellen

(fig) to ooze with charm/kindness → Liebenswürdigkeit/Güte verströmen; the house oozes with wealth or money/culture → das Haus verströmt eine Atmosphäre von Reichtum/Kultur; he stood there, charm oozing out of or from every pore → er stand da, förmlich triefend vor Liebenswürdigkeit

vt

→ (aus)schwitzen, absondern; blood → triefen von; my shoes were oozing water → das Wasser quoll mir aus den Schuhen

(fig) charm → triefen von (pej), → verströmen; confidence, sex appeal → strotzen von; insincerity → stinken vor (+dat) (inf)

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ooze [uːz]

1. n → melma

2. vi (water) → filtrare; (gum, resin) → trasudare; (pus) → fuoriuscire

3. vt the wound oozed blood → la ferita stillava sangue
he simply oozes confidence (pej) → sprizza sicurezza da tutti i pori

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ooze [uːz]

1. n → melma

2. vi (water) → filtrare; (gum, resin) → trasudare; (pus) → fuoriuscire

3. vt the wound oozed blood → la ferita stillava sangue
he simply oozes confidence (pej) → sprizza sicurezza da tutti i pori

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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 herua suinter לְחַלחֵל चूना, धीरे धीरे बहना sporo protjecati szivárog mengalir vætla, seytla fluire にじみ出る 천천히 흐르다 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 渗出

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 tihkua 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 冒出

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 lieju vase, boue בּוֹץ נוֹזלִי दलदल tekuće blato iszap lumpur eðja, leðja fanghiglia, melma 泥土 분비물 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 淤泥

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 泥泞，软泥的