ooze

Definitions


[uːz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a fluid) slowly trickle or seep out of something
(e.g: blood was oozing from a wound in his scalp)

- give a powerful impression of (a quality)
(e.g: she oozes a raunchy sex appeal)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English wōs ‘juice or sap’; the verb dates from late Middle English


[uːz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the sluggish flow of a fluid
(e.g: I picked a fruit and watched the ooze of fig milk from the stem)

- an infusion of oak bark or other vegetable matter, used in tanning


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English wōs ‘juice or sap’; the verb dates from late Middle English


[uːz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- wet mud or slime, especially that found at the bottom of a river, lake, or sea
(e.g: abandoned barges sunk in ooze)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English wāse; related to Old Norse veisa ‘stagnant pool’. In Middle English and the 16th century the spelling was wose (rhyming with repose), but from 1550 spellings imply a change in pronunciation and influence by ooze




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