Definition of Ooze
Ooze
ooze
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(verb)
to slowly flow or be discharged from something, to gradually seep or trickle out of something, usually used to describe a fluid, or to gradually discharge some fluid;
e.g. We saw a green sludge ooze out of the sewer drains.
(verb)
to give off some strong impression, often showing an excess of some quality;
e.g. Both of them ooze politeness, which makes me wonder if they are hiding something.
(noun)
the action of moving slowly and gradually, often used to describe the movement of a fluid, or something that moves in this manner;
e.g. They struggled to stop the ooze of oil from the punctured pipe.
(noun)
a deposit of soft wet material, composed of mud and slime, found at the bottom of a water body such as a lake or a river;
e.g. Her toes sank into the ooze at the bottom of the lake.
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