Definitions for ooze

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IPA: /uz/

Ooze is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 15 anagrams from letters in ooze (eooz).

Definitions for ooze

noun

1. the act of oozing.
2. something that oozes.
3. an infusion of oak bark, sumac, etc., used in tanning.
4. Geology. a calcareous or siliceous mud composed chiefly of the shells of one-celled organisms, covering parts of the ocean bottom.
5. soft mud, or slime.
6. a marsh or bog.

verb (used with object)

1. to make by oozing.
2. to exude (moisture, air, etc.) slowly.
3. to display or dispense freely and conspicuously:

verb (used without object)

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:
3. (of a substance) to exude moisture.
4. (of something abstract, as information or courage) to appear or disappear slowly or imperceptibly (often followed by out or away):
5. to display some characteristic or quality:

Origin of ooze

before 1000; Middle English wos(e) (noun), wosen (v.), Old English wōs juice, moisture

Examples for ooze

As he crossed the dam Prince Andrew smelled the ooze and freshness of the pond.

They were rising by hundreds from the ooze that cloaked the bottom of the ditch.

And gradually Johnnie's hope began to lessen, his faith to ooze.

There was no sap in them of any kind; at least, not enough to ooze out.

Curiously, even the dark meat does not ooze rivers of juice when you bite it.

My hands did not falter and the music seemed to ooze from my wrists.

His wire brush lifted and all his strength seemed to ooze away.

He leans over the rail, his hand supporting his cheek, and gazes into the ooze.

Thus, day by day, he sank deeper into the ooze of a wrecked and wasted life.

And now, for fear my courage will ooze out, I must tell you quickly.