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Ooze (Noun)

Meaning 1

The process of seeping.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural events.

Examples

  • The water seeped out of the faucet through a tiny leak and started to ooze across the counter.
  • A thin line of black grease began to ooze out of the worn piston, coating everything it touched.
  • After years of use, the grout started to crack and allow the adhesive to ooze out and spread unevenly.
  • When I stepped on the nail, I could feel a trickle of warm blood begin to ooze from the puncture wound.
  • A gentle, translucent stream of tree sap started to ooze out of the gnarled oak, dropping glistening pearls of amber resin.

Synonyms

  • Seepage
  • Oozing

Hypernyms

  • Flow

Hyponyms

  • Exudation

Related Words

  • Oozy (adjective)
  • Ooze (verb)

Meaning 2

Any thick, viscous matter.

Classification

Nouns denoting substances.

Examples

  • The gooey oozing sap of the tree made it difficult to walk through the forest without getting stuck.
  • The surgeon carefully cut through the thick oozing tumor, trying to remove as much of it as possible.
  • The baby's diaper needed to be changed as it was filled with a foul-smelling oozing mess.
  • The garbage dumpster was filled with a putrid oozing gruel that attracted swarms of flies.
  • After the chemical spill, a noxious green oozing liquid flowed through the streets, contaminating everything it touched.

Synonyms

  • Guck
  • Muck
  • Goo
  • Slime
  • Gunk
  • Gook
  • Sludge
  • Goop

Hypernyms

  • Matter

Hyponyms

  • Sapropel
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