I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blood oozes (= comes out slowly )
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Blood was oozing from her forehead.
ooze charm (= have or show a lot of charm )
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Every time she saw him, he oozed charm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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Then, as the revolting mess began to ooze out , Helen drew back and shut her eyes.
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The hand reeked of garlic-she clawed at it, her muffled shouts oozing out between the fingers.
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Sometimes he'd ooze out all of those stream-of-consciousness words about bad women and liquor and death.
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The cut, and the white seeds oozing out , resembled the mouth of a corpse, filled with worms.
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The front door was open and at least two sorts of music were oozing out on to the street.
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Do not spread it right to the edge or it will ooze out .
■ NOUN
blood
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Barrow was on his hands and knees on the floor, blood oozing from a wound in his scalp.
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When he looked at it, there was blood oozing from two split knuckles.
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The eyes become red. Blood begins to ooze from the mouth and the nose.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A mixture of mud and rainwater oozed out of the bottom of the bucket.
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Blood was oozing from the wound.
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School spirit oozes from every hallway.
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Thick, sticky syrup oozes out of the tree trunk and is collected in buckets.
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Volcanoes usually ooze rivers of lava rather than exploding.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Complex markings in the ice suggest the ice often cracks and shifts, allowing what is below to ooze to the surface.
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Later, gum will ooze from the bark and branches will die back.
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My pores ooze salt and honeydew.
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Nor must you spend hours oozing a heartfelt message.
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The cut, and the white seeds oozing out, resembled the mouth of a corpse, filled with worms.
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When he looked at it, there was blood oozing from two split knuckles.
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While the Conference met, high spring tides were oozing through the paving of the Piazza San Marco.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Chaotic purpose shaped a lifeless earth Which spawned primordial ooze conceived within Azoic consciousness.
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The ooze of blue and blues.
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Then a light rain falls, and suddenly everything is coated with ooze .