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to ooze
01
to slowly leak or pass through small openings
Intransitive
Examples
The thick mud oozed between his toes as he walked through the marsh.
02
to release or let out a thick, sticky liquid
Transitive: to ooze a thick liquid
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
ooze
3rd person singular
oozes
Present participle
oozing
Past simple
oozed
Past participle
oozed
Examples
The wound began to ooze blood after the bandage was removed.
Ooze
01
the process of seeping
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Uncountable
02
any thick, viscous matter
