Thesaurus: ooze

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1. n. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.
2. n. Soft flow; spring.
3. n. The liquor of a tan vat.
4. n. To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings.
5. n. Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out.
6. v. t. To cause to ooze.
7. n. any thick, viscous matter
8. n. the process of seeping
9. v. pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
10. v. release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
11. 1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure. "My son i' the ooze is bedded." Shak. 2. Soft flow; spring. Prior. 3. The liquor of a tan vat. 1. To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings. The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass. Thomson. 2. Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out. To cause to ooze. Alex. Smith.
12. To cause to ooze. Alex. Smith.