ooze
//uːz//
Verb
oozeInfinitive
oozePresent tense
oozedPast tense
oozedPast participle
oozingPresent participle
oozesThird-person singular
1
To flow or leak slowly through small openings or pores.
Water oozed through the cracks in the wall.
2
To exude or give off a quality or feeling in an obvious way.
She oozes confidence whenever she speaks in public.
Noun
oozeSingular
1
Soft mud or slime, especially at the bottom of a body of water.
The diver's feet sank into the ooze at the bottom of the lake.
2
The slow flow or seepage of a liquid.
We noticed an ooze of water from the cracked pipe.