Ooze Definition
ooze
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Etymology 1
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- (Noun) Middle English wose 'sap', from Old English wōs 'sap, froth', from Proto-Germanic *wosan (cf. Middle Low German wose 'scum', Old High German wasal 'rain', Old Swedish os, oos); akin to Sanskrit वसा (vásā) 'fat'.
- (Verb) Middle English wosen, from wose 'sap'; see above.
Noun
ooze (plural oozes)
- Potion of vegetable matter used for leather tanning.
- Secretion, humour.
- A thick often unpleasant liquid; muck.
Verb
ooze (third-person singular simple present oozes, present participle oozing, simple past and past participle oozed)
- (intransitive) To secrete or slowly leak.
- (intransitive) To give off a sense of (something).
Translations
To secrete or slowly leak
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Etymology 2
Middle English wose, from Old English wāse 'mud, mire', from Proto-Germanic *waison (compare Dutch waas 'turf, sod', German Wasen, Old Norse veisa 'slime, stagnant pool'), from Proto-Indo-European *weis- 'to flow' (compare Sanskrit veşati 'it dissolves'). More at virus.
Noun
ooze (plural oozes)
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:16:59 -0700
The filth, blood, flies and maggots of this new drama ooze out of each shadowy scene and I felt as infested with them as the hapless victims who are brutally slain throughout the episode. I genuinely felt like I needed a bath by the end of it all. ...