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    oozy
    [ˈo͞ozē]
    definition
    1. adjective form of ooze
    oozy
    [ˈo͞ozē]
    definition
    1. adjective form of ooze
    ooze
    [o͞oz]
    verb
    ooze (verb) · oozes (third person present) · oozed (past tense) · oozed (past participle) · oozing (present participle)
    1. (of a fluid) slowly trickle or seep out of something; flow in a very gradual way:
      "blood was oozing from a wound in his scalp" · "honey oozed out of the comb"
      • slowly exude or discharge a viscous fluid:
        "her mosquito bites were oozing and itching like mad"
    2. give a powerful impression of (a quality):
      "he oozed charm and poise" · "the town oozes history"
    noun
    ooze (noun) · oozes (plural noun)
    1. the sluggish flow of a fluid:
      "I picked a fruit and watched the ooze of fig milk from the stem"
    2. an infusion of oak bark or other vegetable matter, used in tanning.
    Origin
    Old English wōs ‘juice or sap’; the verb dates from late Middle English.
    ooze
    [o͞oz]
    noun
    ooze (noun)
    1. wet mud or slime, especially that found at the bottom of a river, lake, or sea:
      "abandoned barges sunk in ooze"
      • geology
        a deposit of white or gray calcareous matter largely composed of foraminiferan remains, covering extensive areas of the ocean floor.
    Origin
    Old English wāse; related to Old Norse veisa ‘stagnant pool’. In Middle English and the 16th century the spelling was wose (rhyming with repose), but from 1550 spellings imply a change in pronunciation and influence by ooze.
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    verb
    1. (of a fluid) slowly trickle or seep out of something; flow in a very gradual way:
      seep
      discharge
      flow
      exude
      trickle
      drip
      dribble
      issue
      filter
      percolate
      escape
      leak
      drain
      empty
      bleed
      sweat
      well
      leach
      extravasate
      filtrate
      transude
      exudate
      • give a powerful impression of (a quality):
        exude
        gush
        drip
        give out
        send out
        emit
        breathe
        display
        exhibit
        demonstrate
        manifest
        pour forth
        let loose
      noun
      1. the sluggish flow of a fluid:
        seepage
        seeping
        discharge
        flow
        exudation
        trickle
        trickling
        drip
        dribble
        filtration
        percolation
        excretion
        escape
        leak
        leakage
        drainage
        emptying
        bleeding
        sweating
        welling
        leaching
        secretion
        extravasation
      2. an infusion of oak bark or other vegetable matter, used in tanning.
        mud
        slime
        alluvium
        silt
        mire
        bog
        sludge
        slush
        muck
        dirt
        deposit
        clag
        clart
        slob
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