ooze

🇺🇸 /uːz/ 🇬🇧 /uːz/
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verb
R

To slowly flow out, like a thick liquid.

The honey slowly oozed out of the jar.

R

To display a quality or feeling in a strong way.

The actor oozed charisma on stage.

noun
R

Soft, wet mud found at the bottom of bodies of water.

The diver felt the cold ooze under his feet.

R

The slow movement of a thick liquid.

The paint was so thick it left an ooze mark on the canvas.

translation

v. To slowly flow out, like a thick liquid.; To display a quality or feeling in a strong way.
n. Soft, wet mud found at the bottom of bodies of water.; The slow movement of a thick liquid.

Word Forms

3rd Present oozes
Progressive oozing
Past oozed
Plural oozes
Perfect oozed

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