TRANSUDE

exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze

(verb) release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; “exude sweat through the pores”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

transude (third-person singular simple present transudes, present participle transuding, simple past and past participle transuded)

To pass through a pore, membrane or interstice.

Anagrams

• daunters, untreads

Source: Wiktionary


Tran*sude", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Transuded; p. pr. & vb. n. Transuding.] Etym: [Pref. trans- + L. sudare to sweat: cf. F. transsuder.]

Definition: To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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