ooze
Ooze is a mixture of tree matter used in leather tanning, or the liquid result of a slow leak or spill.
(noun)- An example of ooze is the mixture of tree barks used in the process of turning animal skins into leather.
- An example of ooze is the pile of honey below the puncture in a plastic honey jar.
Ooze is defined as to leak slowly, slowly disappear, or to give off or radiate.
(verb)- An example of ooze are the bubbles that come from the door seal of a dishwasher that has been loaded with dish soap rather than dishwasher detergent.
- An example of ooze is the disappearance of the Amazon rainforest.
- An example of ooze is the joy gushing from a new dad.
See ooze in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- an infusion of oak bark, sumac, etc., used in tanning leather
Origin: < the v.
- an oozing; gentle flow
- something that oozes
Origin: ME wose < OE wos, sap, juice, akin to MLowG wose, scum < IE base *wes-, wet: meaning infl. by OE wase, mire: see ooze
intransitive verb oozed, oozing
- to flow or leak out slowly, as through very small holes; seep
- to give forth moisture, as through pores
- to escape or disappear gradually: hope oozed away
transitive verb
- to give forth, or exude (a fluid)
- to seem to radiate: to ooze confidence
noun
- soft mud or slime; esp., the deep layers of sediment at the bottom of a lake, ocean, etc.
- an area of muddy ground; bog
Origin: ME wose < OE wase, < IE base *weis-, to flow away > L virus
See ooze in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb oozed oozed, ooz·ing, ooz·es verb, intransitive
- To flow or leak out slowly, as through small openings.
- To disappear or ebb slowly: His courage oozed away.
- To progress slowly but steadily: “Over grass bleached colorless by strong outback sun, the herd oozes forward” (Geraldine Brooks).
- To exude moisture.
- To emit a particular essence or quality: The house oozed with charm.
- To give off; exude.
- To emit or radiate in abundance: She oozes confidence.
- The act of oozing.
- Something that oozes.
- An infusion of vegetable matter, as from oak bark, used in tanning.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English wosen
Origin: , from wose, juice
Origin: , from Old English wōs
.noun
- Soft mud or slime.
- A layer of mudlike sediment on the floor of oceans and lakes, composed chiefly of remains of microscopic sea animals.
- Muddy ground.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English wose
Origin: , from Old English wāse
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