ooze
/uːz/
noun
- Soft mud or slime, especially at the bottom of a river, lake, or ocean.
- Scientists collected samples of the ocean ooze for study.
- The bottom of the pond was covered in thick, black ooze.
- He stepped into the ooze and his boots sank deep.
- A slow flow of a thick liquid or semi-liquid substance.
- There was an ooze of syrup from the pancake stack.
- The ooze of lava crept down the mountainside.
- A steady ooze of tar came from the damaged pipeline.
verb
- To flow or leak out slowly, as a thick liquid or semi-liquid substance.
- Mud began to ooze from the crack in the ground.
- The sap oozed out of the tree trunk.
- Honey oozed from the broken jar onto the counter.
- To give off or exude a particular quality or feeling in a noticeable way.
- His voice oozed sincerity during the apology.
- She oozes confidence whenever she walks into a room.
- The old house oozed charm and character.
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