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.
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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.