ooze
/uːz/ verb C2- To be secreted or slowly leak.
- To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude.
He/she/it oozes · Past oozed · Past participle oozed · -ing form oozing
Verb forms
- Base form
- ooze
- He/she/it
- oozes
- Past
- oozed
- Past participle
- oozed
- -ing form
- oozing
From the library
Yes, it was undoubtedly from them that the curious tarry odour was oozing.
There was no chance of finding footsteps in the mire, for the rising mud oozed swiftly in upon them, but as we at last reached firmer ground beyond the morass we all looked eagerly for them.
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