ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Ooze', Synonyms of 'Ooze' & More on 'Ooze'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

ooze
    n 1: any thick, viscous matter [syn: sludge, slime, goo,
         goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze]
    2: the process of seeping [syn: seepage, ooze, oozing]
    v 1: pass gradually or leak through or as if through small
         openings [syn: seep, ooze]
    2: release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat
       through the pores" [syn: exude, exudate, transude,
       ooze out, ooze]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ooze \Ooze\, v. t.
   To cause to ooze. --Alex. Smith.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ooze \Ooze\, n. [OE. wose, AS. wase dirt, mire, mud, akin to w?s
   juice, ooze, Icel. v[=a]s 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.
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   2. Soft flow; spring. --Prior.
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   3. The liquor of a tan vat.
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   4. (Oceanography) A soft deposit covering large areas of the
      ocean bottom, composed largely or mainly of the shells or
      other hard parts of minute organisms, as Foraminifera,
      Radiolaria, and diatoms. The radiolarian ooze occurring
      in many places in very deep water is composed mainly of
      the siliceous skeletons of radiolarians, calcareous matter
      being dissolved by the lage percentage of carbon dioxide
      in the water at these depths.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ooze \Ooze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oozed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Oozing.] [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.
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            The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass.
                                                  --Thomson.
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   2. Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed
      out; his courage oozed out.
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

OOZE

   Object oriented extension of Z.  "Object Orientation in Z", S.
   Stepney et al eds, Springer 1992.

Thesaurus Results for Ooze:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

bleed, clay, discharge, drain, drip, effuse, effusion, emit, excrete, excretion, exfiltrate, exfiltration, extravasate, extravasation, exudate, exudation, exude, filter, filtering, filtrate, filtration, give off, glop, goo, goop, gumbo, gunk, leach, leaching, leak, lixiviate, lixiviation, mire, muck, mud, oozing, percolate, percolating, percolation, reek, scum, secrete, sediment, seep, seepage, sew, silt, slab, slime, slip, slob, slop, slosh, sludge, slush, splosh, squash, strain, straining, sweat, swill, transpire, transudation, transude, trickle, weep, weeping

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