OOZE


Meaning of OOZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ u:z ]

( oozes, oozing, oozed)

1.

When a thick or sticky liquid oozes from something or when something oozes it, the liquid flows slowly and in small quantities.

He saw there was a big hole in the back of the man’s head, blood was still oozing from it...

The lava will just ooze gently out of the crater...

The wounds may heal cleanly or they may ooze a clear liquid.

VERB : V , V adv , V n

2.

If you say that someone or something oozes a quality or characteristic, or oozes with it, you mean that they show it very strongly.

The Elizabethan house oozes charm...

Manchester United were by now oozing with confidence.

VERB : V n , V with n

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