ooze

//uːz//
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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.

Synonym

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