ooze

Definition of ooze

Verbs

pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

Synonyms:: seep

Type of:: course, feed, flow, run
move along, of liquids

release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

Synonyms:: exudate, exude, ooze out, transude

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; distil, distill
give off (a liquid); fume, reek
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; gum
exude or form gum; release, secrete
generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; water
secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; froth
exude or expel foam; lather
exude sweat or lather

Type of:: egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
eliminate from the body

Nouns

any thick, viscous matter

Synonyms:: goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, slime, sludge

Types:: sapropel
sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans

Type of:: matter
that which has mass and occupies space

the process of seeping

Synonyms:: oozing, seepage

Types:: exudation, transudation
the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes

Type of:: flow, flowing
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

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