ooze

Use ooze in a sentence

Honey oozes from a dipper.

Honey oozes frmo a dipper.

noun

Ooze is a mixture of tree matter used in leather tanning, or the liquid result of a slow leak or spill.
1. An example of ooze is the mixture of tree barks used in the process of turning animal skins into leather.
2. An example of ooze is the pile of honey below the puncture in a plastic honey jar.

verb

Ooze is defined as to leak slowly, slowly disappear, or to give off or radiate.
1. 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.
2. An example of ooze is the disappearance of the Amazon rainforest.
3. An example of ooze is the joy gushing from a new dad.

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ooze

an infusion of oak bark, sumac, etc., used in tanning leather
Origin of ooze
< the v.
1. an oozing; gentle flow
2. something that oozes

Origin of ooze

Middle English wose from Old English wos, sap, juice, akin to Middle Low German wose, scum from Indo-European base an unverified form wes-, wet: meaning influenced, influence by Old English wase, mire: see ooze

intransitive verb

oozed, ooz′ing

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

to give forth, or exude (a fluid)
to seem to radiate: to ooze confidence

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 of ooze

Middle English wose from Old English wase, from Indo-European base an unverified form weis-, to flow away from source Classical Latin virus

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ooze

verb

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.

verb

transitive

To give off; exude.
To emit or radiate in abundance: She oozes confidence.

noun

The act of oozing.
Something that oozes.
An infusion of plant material, as from oak bark, formerly used in tanning.

Origin of ooze

Middle English wosen from wose juice from Old English wōs Danish dialectal os

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 of ooze

From Early Modern English oase, ooze (probably influenced by ooze ¹) from Middle English wose from Old English wāse Danish dialectal vejs

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Noun

(plural oozes)

Potion of vegetable matter used for leather tanning.
Secretion, humour.
A thick often unpleasant liquid; muck.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present oozes, present participle oozing, simple past and past participle oozed)

(intransitive) To be secreted or slowly leak.
(intransitive, figuratively) To give off a sense of (something).

Origin

(Noun) Middle English wose (“sap"), from Old English wÅs (“sap, froth"), from Proto-Germanic *wÅsÄ… (cf. Middle Low German wose 'scum', Old High German wasal 'rain', Old Swedish os, oos); akin to Sanskrit à¤µà¤¸à¤¾ (vÃ¡sÄ, “fat").
(Verb) Middle English wosen, from wose 'sap'; see above.

Noun

(plural oozes)

Soft mud, slime, or shells on the bottom of a body of water.
A piece of soft, wet, pliable turf.
The liquor of a tanning vat.

Origin

Middle English wose, from Old English wÄse 'mud, mire', from Proto-Germanic *waisÇ (compare Dutch waas 'turf, sod', German Wasen, Old Norse veisa 'slime, stagnant pool'), from Proto-Indo-European *weis- 'to flow' (compare Sanskrit à¤µà¤¿à¤·à¥à¤¯à¤¤à¤¿ (viá¹£yati, “flow, let loose"). More at virus.