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ooze¹

(o͞oz)

v. oozed, ooz·ing, ooz·es

v.intr.

1. To flow or leak out slowly, as through small openings.

2. To disappear or ebb slowly: His courage oozed away.

3. To progress slowly but steadily: "Over grass bleached colorless by strong outback sun, the herd oozes forward" (Geraldine Brooks).

4. To exude moisture.

5. To emit a particular essence or quality: The house oozed with charm.

v.tr.

1. To give off; exude.

2. To emit or radiate in abundance: She oozes confidence.

1. The act of oozing.

2. Something that oozes.

3. An infusion of plant material, as from oak bark, formerly used in tanning.

[Middle English wosen, from wose, juice, from Old English wōs; akin to Danish dialectal os.]

ooze²

(o͞oz)

1. Soft mud or slime.

2. A layer of mudlike sediment on the floor of oceans and lakes, composed chiefly of remains of microscopic sea animals.

3. Muddy ground.

[From Early Modern English oase, ooze (probably influenced by ooze), from Middle English wose, from Old English wāse; akin to Danish dialectal vejs.]

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ooze

(uːz)

1. (intr) to flow or leak out slowly, as through pores or very small holes

2. to exude or emit (moisture, gas, etc)

3. (tr) to overflow with: to ooze charm.

4. (often foll by: away) to disappear or escape gradually

5. a slow flowing or leaking

6. (Tanning) an infusion of vegetable matter, such as sumach or oak bark, used in tanning

[Old English wōs juice]

ooze

(uːz)

1. a soft thin mud found at the bottom of lakes and rivers

2. (Geological Science) a fine-grained calcareous or siliceous marine deposit consisting of the hard parts of planktonic organisms

3. muddy ground, esp of bogs

[Old English wāse mud; related to Old French wāse, Old Norse veisa]

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ooze¹

(uz)

v. oozed, ooz•ing,
n. v.i.

1. (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings.

2. to move or pass slowly or gradually.

3. (of a substance) to exude moisture.

4. (of something abstract, as courage) to appear or disappear slowly or imperceptibly (often fol. by out or away).

5. to display some characteristic or quality.

v.t.

6. to make by oozing.

7. to exude (moisture, air, etc.) slowly.

8. to display or dispense freely and conspicuously: to ooze charm.

9. the act of oozing.

10. something that oozes.

11. an infusion of oak bark, sumac, etc., used in tanning.

[before 1000; Middle English wos(e), Old English wōs juice, moisture]

ooze²

(uz)

n.

1. a calcareous or siliceous mud composed chiefly of the shells of one-celled organisms.

2. soft mud or slime.

3. a marsh or bog.

[before 900; Middle English wose, Old English wāse mud]

ooze

- As in mud or slime, it traces back to an Old Norse word meaning "puddle, stagnant pool," and originally meant juice or sap from a plant or fruit.

ooze

Past participle: oozed
Gerund: oozing

Imperative
ooze
ooze

Present
I ooze
you ooze
he/she/it oozes
we ooze
you ooze
they ooze

Preterite
I oozed
you oozed
he/she/it oozed
we oozed
you oozed
they oozed

Present Continuous
I am oozing
you are oozing
he/she/it is oozing
we are oozing
you are oozing
they are oozing

Present Perfect
I have oozed
you have oozed
he/she/it has oozed
we have oozed
you have oozed
they have oozed

Past Continuous
I was oozing
you were oozing
he/she/it was oozing
we were oozing
you were oozing
they were oozing

Past Perfect
I had oozed
you had oozed
he/she/it had oozed
we had oozed
you had oozed
they had oozed

Future
I will ooze
you will ooze
he/she/it will ooze
we will ooze
you will ooze
they will ooze

Future Perfect
I will have oozed
you will have oozed
he/she/it will have oozed
we will have oozed
you will have oozed
they will have oozed

Future Continuous
I will be oozing
you will be oozing
he/she/it will be oozing
we will be oozing
you will be oozing
they will be oozing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been oozing
you have been oozing
he/she/it has been oozing
we have been oozing
you have been oozing
they have been oozing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been oozing
you will have been oozing
he/she/it will have been oozing
we will have been oozing
you will have been oozing
they will have been oozing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been oozing
you had been oozing
he/she/it had been oozing
we had been oozing
you had been oozing
they had been oozing

Conditional
I would ooze
you would ooze
he/she/it would ooze
we would ooze
you would ooze
they would ooze

Past Conditional
I would have oozed
you would have oozed
he/she/it would have oozed
we would have oozed
you would have oozed
they would have oozed

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Noun	1.	ooze - any thick, viscous matter goo, goop, guck, gunk, muck, slime, sludge matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" sapropel - sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
	2.	ooze - the process of seeping oozing, seepage flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) exudation, transudation - the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes
Verb	1.	ooze - pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings seep course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
	2.	ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores" exudate, exude, ooze out, transude distil, distill - give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" reek, fume - be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face transpire - give off (water) through the skin extravasate - geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth stream - exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" gum - exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring" secrete, release - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" froth - exude or expel foam; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth"

ooze

verb

1. seep, well, drop, escape, strain, leak, drain, sweat, filter, bleed, weep, drip, trickle, leach, dribble, percolate Blood was still oozing from the wound.

2. emit, release, leak, sweat, bleed, discharge, drip, leach, give out, dribble, exude, give off, excrete, overflow with, pour forth The cut was oozing a clear liquid.

3. exude, emit, radiate, display, exhibit, manifest, gush, emanate, overflow with Graham positively oozed confidence.

noun

1. seepage, leak, leaking, discharge, drip, dripping, trickle, oozing, dribble, leakage, exudation His shirt was soaked through with the slow ooze of blood.

ooze

noun mud, clay, dirt, muck, silt, sludge, mire, slime, slob (Irish), gloop (informal), alluvium He thrust his hand into the ooze and brought out a large toad.

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ooze

verb

To flow or leak out or emit something slowly:

bleed, exude, leach, percolate, seep, transpire, transude, weep.

noun

A viscous, usually offensively dirty substance:

mire, muck, slime, slop, sludge, slush.

Translations

سائِل، رَواسِب طينيَّهيَرْشَح، يَنِزيَنْزن يَسِح، يَسيل

siveslamudskille

dringen Schlick Schmiere sickern

exudar segregar

suinter vase

eîja, leîjagefa frá sérvætla, seytla

melma venire a mancare colare

dumblingaspalengva tekėtisrūti

dubļidūņaslēni iztecētlēni tecēt/sūkties

drive piple piple ut

mokvaťvlhnúť

cıvık çamursızıp akmaksızmakyavaş yavaş akmak

冒出淤泥渗出

ooze

[uːz]

A. N → cieno m, limo m; [of blood] → pérdida f, salida f

B. VI [liquid] → rezumar(se); [blood] → salir; (= leak) → gotear

C. VT → rezumar (fig) → rebosar
the wound was oozing blood → la herida sangraba lentamente
he simply oozes confidence → rebosa confianza

ooze away VI + ADV → rezumarse

ooze out VI + ADV → rezumarse

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ooze

[ˈuːz]

vi [liquid] → suinter

vt [+ liquid] → exsuder

[+ charm, confidence] → déborder de

ooze out

vi [liquid, pus] → suinter

ooze

(of mud, glue, resin) → Quellen nt; (of water, blood) → Sickern nt, → Triefen nt

(= mud) → Schlamm m

(lit) → triefen; (water, blood) → sickern, triefen; (wound) → nässen; (resin, mud, glue) → (heraus)quellen

(fig) to ooze with charm/kindness → Liebenswürdigkeit/Güte verströmen; the house oozes with wealth or money/culture → das Haus verströmt eine Atmosphäre von Reichtum/Kultur; he stood there, charm oozing out of or from every pore → er stand da, förmlich triefend vor Liebenswürdigkeit

→ (aus)schwitzen, absondern; blood → triefen von; my shoes were oozing water → das Wasser quoll mir aus den Schuhen

(fig) charm → triefen von (pej), → verströmen; confidence, sex appeal → strotzen von; insincerity → stinken vor (+dat) (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ooze

[uːz]

1. n → melma

2. vi (water) → filtrare; (gum, resin) → trasudare; (pus) → fuoriuscire

3. vt the wound oozed blood → la ferita stillava sangue
he simply oozes confidence (pej) → sprizza sicurezza da tutti i pori

ooze

(uːz) verb

1. to flow slowly. The water oozed through the sand.

2. to have (something liquid) flowing slowly out. His wound was oozing blood.

noun

liquid, slippery mud. The river bed was thick with ooze.

ˈoozy adjective

ooze

v. exudar, supurar.

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It makes a body ooze sarcasm at every pore, to go about Rome and Florence and see what this last generation has been doing with the statues.

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I never saw such a thing as paraffine oil is to ooze. We kept it in the nose of the boat, and, from there, it oozed down to the rudder, impregnating the whole boat and everything in it on its way, and it oozed over the river, and saturated the scenery and spoilt the atmosphere.

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But some of us, regarding the ocean with understanding and affection, have seen it looking old, as if the immemorial ages had been stirred up from the undisturbed bottom of ooze. For it is a gale of wind that makes the sea look old.

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The mineral waters of Arva Wai* ooze forth from the crevices of a rock, and gliding down its mossy side, fall at last, in many clustering drops, into a natural basin of stone fringed round with grass and dewy-looking little violet-coloured flowers, as fresh and beautiful as the perpetual moisture they enjoy can make them.

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He recapitulated what he would no doubt call his arguments,--they sounded more like threats,--and as he spoke I saw dragons fighting for their dams in the primeval ooze, and heard savage trumpetings of masculine monsters without a name.

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Soon the nature of the soil changed; to the sandy plain succeeded an extent of slimy mud which the Americans call "ooze," composed of equal parts of silicious and calcareous shells.

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He tried to rush away from the horrible place; even the baleful green light, thrown up through the gloomy well-shaft, was dying away as its source sank deeper into the primeval ooze. The darkness was closing in on him in overwhelming density--darkness in such a place and with such a memory of it!

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And then the gleaming point of Norman of Torn flashed, lightning-like, in his victim's face, and above the right eye of Peter of Colfax was a thin vertical cut from which the red blood had barely started to ooze ere another swift move of that master sword hand placed a fellow to parallel the first.

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Allied to the bottom of the river rather than the surface, by reason of the slime and ooze with which it was covered, and its sodden state, this boat and the two figures in it obviously were doing something that they often did, and were seeking what they often sought.

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And beneath that roof was an aerial ooze of vegetation, a monstrous, parasitic dripping of decadent life- forms that rooted in death and lived on death.

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Noel Vanstone, in your interests, till the gold oozes out of him at every pore.

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This partnership opens doors for Ooze Inc's catalog of products available for wholesalers.

Ooze Expands Product Base with Acquisition of King Palm Wraps Distribution Rights

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