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OOZING
oozing, oozy, seeping
(adjective) leaking out slowly
seepage, ooze, oozing
(noun) the process of seeping
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
oozing
present participle of ooze
Noun
oozing (plural oozings)
Something that oozes; a seepage.
Source: Wiktionary
OOZE
Ooze, n. Etym: [OE. wose, AS. wase dirt, mire, mud, akin to w juice, ooze, Icel. vas wetness, OHG. waso turf, sod, G. wasen.]
1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure. "My son i' the ooze is bedded." Shak.
2. Soft flow; spring. Prior.
3. The liquor of a tan vat.
Ooze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oozed; p.pr. & vb.n. Oozing.] Etym: [Prov. Eng. weeze, wooz. See Ooze, n.]
1. To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings. The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass. Thomson.
2. Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out.
Ooze, v. t.
Definition: To cause to ooze. Alex. Smith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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