ooze
pronunciation
How to pronounce ooze in British English:
UK [u:z]
How to pronounce ooze in American English:
US [uz]
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- Noun:
- any thick messy substance
- the process of seeping
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- Verb:
- pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
- release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
Word Origin
- ooze (v.)
- late 14c., wosen, verbal derivative of Old English noun wos "juice, sap," from Proto-Germanic *wosan (source of Middle Low German wose "scum"), from same source as ooze (n.). Modern spelling from late 1500s. The Old English verb was wesan. Related: Oozed; oozing.
- ooze (n.)
- "soft mud," Old English wase "soft mud, mire," from Proto-Germanic *waison (cognates: Old Saxon waso "wet ground, mire," Old Norse veisa "pond of stagnant water"), from PIE *wes- (2) "wet." Modern spelling is mid-1500s.
Example
- 1. Blood would ooze from her wounds and mingle with the dirt and water .
- 2. Once the caisson was in position , the pile would be pumped out and driven into the ooze .
- 3. In parts it is a slick black ooze , fit only for scores of bathing water buffalo .
- 4. Newspapers enjoy such close ties with politicians and companies that news in japan does not so much break as ooze .
- 5. By the time I reached shaoxing after a week on the road , the cheeses had all ripened nicely , and some were beginning to ooze .