ooze - Definition & Meaning | Lingo Dictionary

ooze

to slowly leak or pass through small openingsto slowly leak or pass through small openings

Examples

The thick mud oozed between his toes as he walked through the marsh.
Blood oozed from the wound, staining the bandage.
Gooey cheese oozed from the pizza slice as it was lifted from the pan.

Synonyms

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ooze

Third Person

oozes

Present Participle

oozing

Past Tense

oozed

Past Participle

oozed

1

to slowly leak or pass through small openings

The thick mud oozed between his toes as he walked through the marsh.
Blood oozed from the wound, staining the bandage.
Gooey cheese oozed from the pizza slice as it was lifted from the pan.
Water began to ooze from the cracks in the wall after the heavy rain.
The juice oozed from the orange as she squeezed it.

Synonyms:

2

to release or let out a thick, sticky liquid

transitive

The wound began to ooze blood after the bandage was removed.
The tree trunk oozed sap when it was cut.
The cake oozed melted chocolate as she cut into it.
The old sponge oozed water when squeezed too hard.

Synonyms:

exudate exude ooze out transude