ooze

Pronunciation

• enPR: o͞oz, IPA ^(key): /uːz/

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Noun

Singular ooze

Plural oozes

1. A thick and often unpleasant liquid.

   You should put on cleaning gloves if you are going to clean up that nasty ooze.

Verb

Plain form ooze

Third-person singular oozes

Past tense oozed

Past participle oozed

Present participle oozing

1. When something oozes out, it refers to liquid slowly flowing out.

   Blood oozed out of the cut.