ooze

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a…

   Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.

2. 2

   An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.

3. 3

   Secretion, humour.

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   1. 4

      Juice, sap.

   2. 5

      To be secreted or slowly leak.

      • I promised him I would keep silence, but the story gradually oozed out, and the Cronsons left the country.
      • Pale slime oozed through all the surfaces; some of it dripped from the ceiling and burned Dennis as badly as the blazing sparks had done a moment before.
   3. 6

      To give off a strong sense of (something)

      To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude.

      • […] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquer inhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated.
      • "Good servants are so hard to find," Chesna said, oozing arrogance.
      • There are no two ways about it: a Berardi dress oozes sex appeal from its very seams.
   4. 7

      Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary.

      • my son i' th' ooze is bedded.
   5. 8

      A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of…

      A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous or siliceous planktonic debris organisms.

      • Seaweed were left on the blackened marble, while the salt ooze defaced the matchless works of art.
   6. 9

      A piece of soft, wet, pliable ground.

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