ooze
verb/uːz/
/uːz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ooze | /uːz/ /uːz/ |
| he / she / it oozes | /ˈuːzɪz/ /ˈuːzɪz/ |
| past simple oozed | /uːzd/ /uːzd/ |
| past participle oozed | /uːzd/ /uːzd/ |
| -ing form oozing | /ˈuːzɪŋ/ /ˈuːzɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] if a thick liquid oozes from a place, or if something oozes a thick liquid, the liquid flows from the place slowly
- ooze out of something Blood oozed out of the wound.
- ooze from something A trickle of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.
- ooze through something Mud and slime oozed through the cracks.
- ooze out Cream oozed out at the sides.
- ooze with something an ugly swelling oozing with pus
- ooze something The wound was oozing blood.
- a plate of toast oozing butter
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slowly
- out
- from
- out of
- with
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- [transitive, intransitive] to show a particular quality or feeling strongly; (of a particular quality or feeling) to be shown strongly synonym exude
- ooze something She walked into the party oozing confidence.
- ooze with something His voice oozed with sex appeal.
- He was oozing with contempt for us.
- ooze from something She shook her head, disgust oozing from every pore.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slowly
- out
- from
- out of
- with
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Word Originverb Old English wōs ‘juice or sap’; the verb dates from late Middle English.
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