ooze
ooze Lexical Profile
ooze Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To slowly trickle, seep, or pass out through small openings or pores (of a fluid or semi-liquid substance).
"Thick, fragrant sap began to ooze from the freshly cut pine log."
To display, radiate, or give off a particular quality, emotion, or impression in great abundance.
"The veteran actor walked onto the stage, oozing charm and effortless confidence."
• noun
Wet, soft mud or slimy sediment, especially that found at the bottom of a river, lake, estuary, or ocean.
"Marine biologists collected samples of the nutrient-rich ooze from the deep ocean floor."
A slow, steady trickle or sluggish flow of a thick liquid.
"A sticky ooze of golden resin coated the bark of the injured pine tree."
• Rhymes for ooze
Word Origin & Etymology
The word merges two distinct Old English nouns: wōs, meaning 'juice' or 'sap', and wāse, meaning 'mud' or 'mire', both ultimately tracing back to a Proto-Germanic root denoting moisture and dampness.