ooze 1
/oohz/ , v. , oozed, oozing , n.
v.i.
1. (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings.
2. to move or pass slowly or gradually, as if through a small opening or passage: The crowd oozed toward the entrance.
3. (of a substance) to exude moisture.
4. (of something abstract, as information or courage) to appear or disappear slowly or imperceptibly (often fol. by out or away ): His cockiness oozed away during my rebuttal speech.
5. to display some characteristic or quality: to ooze with piety.
v.t.
6. to make by oozing.
7. to exude (moisture, air, etc.) slowly.
8. to display or dispense freely and conspicuously: He can ooze charm when it serves his interest.
n.
9. the act of oozing.
10. something that oozes.
11. an infusion of oak bark, sumac, etc., used in tanning.
[ bef. 1000; ME wos ( e ) (n.), wosen (v.), OE wos juice, moisture ]
Syn. 10. slime, mud, muck, sludge.
ooze 2
/oohz/ , n.
1. Geol. a calcareous or siliceous mud composed chiefly of the shells of one-celled organisms, covering parts of the ocean bottom.
2. soft mud, or slime.
3. a marsh or bog.
[ bef. 900; ME wose, OE wase mud ]