to ooze

Examples

• All

• The syrup began to ooze from the side of the bottle after it was tipped over.

• Some of the hot rock oozes through these fractures out onto the surface.

  Academic text (1995)

• I want some place for the fill in material to ooze through and key itself in or lock in place.

• "Some of the ice cream was oozing down the sides of the glass.

  Fiction book (1990)

• And now orange slime begins to ooze through the cracks in the concrete.

  Fiction book (1990)

• But as this foul-smelling mud began oozing up through the cracks, we knew it was time to go.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I stepped up, cockiness oozing from every pore.

  It Runs in the Family (1994)

• I'm oozing confidence.

  Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)

• And just to, to round out the methane conversation, we, we have found methane on Mars oozing out from the sides of ravines.

• Within an instant, the wet clay sucked and oozed coldly up around her knees.

  Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

L

to leak

vsto ooze

191 1.0

To let water, gas or light escape through a small opening

implies specifically slow, gradual movement rather than any escape

S

to seep

vsto ooze

74 2.7

To move slowly through small holes or cracks

is similar but used for general slow outward movement

S

to seep into

vsto ooze

30 3.0

To move slowly through a surface into something

is about slow exit or outward movement rather than entering

D

to dribble

vsto ooze

29 2.8

To let liquid or saliva fall in small drops

is about gentle slow spreading rather than intentional small drops

F

to flow out

vsto ooze

27 2.9

Move or pour out in a steady stream, often a liquid

involves a slower, more gradual movement rather than a stream

O

to ooze out

vsto ooze

10 3.4

To flow slowly in small amounts through tiny holes

refers more generally to gradual release from or through openings

S

to seep from

vsto ooze

8 3.5

Liquid flows slowly out of something through small holes

is the broader idea of slow outward movement from objects

O

to ooze from

vsto ooze

7 4.2

Slowly flow out from a cut or crack in something

focuses on the general slow outward passage rather than the source

E

to exude

vsto ooze

3 6.5

Give off liquid slowly, often in drops

emphasizes simple slow flow rather than a steady continuous discharge

O

to ooze through

vsto ooze

2 4.8

To flow slowly through small holes or cracks

is about slow movement outwards from an object or place

T

to transude

vsto ooze

9.9

To pass slowly through a surface and come out as small drops

covers slow outward flow generally, not only drop formation

Antonyms

G

to gush

27 3.2

To flow out suddenly and forcefully, like blood from a wound

S

to spurt

7 3.1

To come out suddenly in a strong stream

Idioms

O

to ooze with confidence

• Informal

4.2

Show strong, obvious confidence

Phrasal Verbs

O

to ooze out

10 3.4

To flow slowly in small amounts through tiny holes

O

to ooze from

7 4.2

Slowly flow out from a cut or crack in something

O

to ooze with

3 6.0

Slowly give off a liquid, feeling, or quality as if leaking out

O

to ooze through

2 4.8

To flow slowly through small holes or cracks

Compounds

O

ooze leather

9.9

A very soft material made from the skin of a young cow with a suede inner surface

How Fast

to gush

27 3.2

to pour

788 1.0

to flow

364 1.0

to trickle

81 3.4

to ooze

42 3.9

to seep

74 2.7

to drip

162 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology