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Oozed

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ooze

1  [ooz] verb, oozed, ooz⋅ing, noun
Use Oozed in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
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, as if through a small opening or passage: The crowd oozed toward the entrance.
3. (of a substance) to exude moisture.
4. (of something abstract, as information or courage) to appear or disappear slowly or imperceptibly (often fol. by out or away): His cockiness oozed away during my rebuttal speech.
5. to display some characteristic or quality: to ooze with piety.
–verb (used with object)
6. to make by oozing.
7. to exude (moisture, air, etc.) slowly.
8. to display or dispense freely and conspicuously: He can ooze charm when it serves his interest.
–noun
9. the act of oozing.
10. something that oozes.
11. an infusion of oak bark, sumac, etc., used in tanning.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME wos(e) (n.), wosen (v.), OE wōs juice, moisture

Synonyms:
10. slime, mud, muck, sludge.
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ooze 1   (ōōz)   
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.

n.  

  1. The act of oozing.

  2. Something that oozes.

  3. An infusion of vegetable matter, as from oak bark, used in tanning.


[Middle English wosen, from wose, juice, from Old English wōs.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

ooze  (v.)
1387, verbal derivative of O.E. noun wos "juice, sap," from P.Gmc. *wosan (cf. M.L.G. wose "scum"), from same source as ooze (n.) (q.v.). Modern spelling from late 1500s. The O.E. verb was wesan.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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