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- Dictionaryooze/uːz/
verb
- 1. (of a fluid) slowly trickle or seep out of something: "blood was oozing from a wound in his scalp" Similar
- 2. give a powerful impression of (a quality): "she oozes a raunchy sex appeal" Similar
noun
- 1. the sluggish flow of a fluid: "I picked a fruit and watched the ooze of fig milk from the stem" Similar
- 2. an infusion of oak bark or other vegetable matter, used in tanning. Similar
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OOZE definition: 1. to flow slowly out of something through a small opening, or to slowly produce a thick sticky…. Learn more.
1. : to pass or flow slowly through or as if through small openings or interstices. 2. : to move slowly or imperceptibly. the crowd began to ooze forward Bruce Marshall. 3. a. : to exude moisture. b. : to exude something often in a faintly repellent manner. ooze with sympathy.
Sludge oozes out of a treatment plant. Cream oozes out of a tube. Whatever is oozing is referred to as ooze. After an oil spill, a cleanup crew has to clean up the ooze that collects on the shore. It can also be used to describe someone's behavior if it's especially awful. A person who is really bad, for example, can be said to ooze evil.
Ooze definition: (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings.. See examples of OOZE used in a sentence.
You can refer to any thick, sticky, liquid substance as ooze, especially the mud at the bottom of a river, lake, or the sea. ...a primeval ooze. He grabbed into the ooze and came up clutching a large toad.
1. (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings. 2. to move or pass slowly or gradually. 3. (of a substance) to exude moisture. 4. (of something abstract, as courage) to appear or disappear slowly or imperceptibly (often fol. by out or away ).
Definition of ooze verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Ooze Definition. o͝oz. oozed, oozes, oozing. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. oozed, oozes, oozing. To flow or leak out slowly, as through very small holes; seep. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To escape or disappear gradually. Hope oozed away. Webster's New World.
v.i. (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings. to move or pass slowly or gradually, as if through a small opening or passage: The crowd oozed toward the entrance. (of a substance) to exude moisture.
a [no object] : to flow out slowly. Sap oozed from the tree. Juice oozed out of the plum. The cut on her finger was oozing with blood. b [+ object] : to have (something) flow out slowly. The tree was oozing sap. The cut on her finger was oozing blood. 2. : to show (a quality, emotion, etc.) very clearly or strongly. [+ object]
