🌋 Slow liquid flow 💧 Leaking slowly

oozing

4.5

A slow steady flow of liquid from a small opening

noun
/ˈuzɪŋ/

: exudación

After the rain, there was oozing mud along the pathway that made it hard to walk.

Examples

So the skin becomes scaly, red and dry, and in some cases people may also experience oozing and crusted bumps.
So anterior groin area open and oozing moderate amounts of thin pink pink tinged serous fluid.
Oh baby, we got some oozing cheese here, look at that, that looks so good.
Open drains bring the oozings of pig sties and filth to stagnate at the field of the walls.
The oozing of syrup from the bottle made a delicious mess on the table.
The caretaker noticed the oozing from the tree trunk, indicating it might be diseased.

Synonyms

seepage

vsoozing

7 5.7

Slow movement of liquid or gas through small holes in materials

focuses on steady outward movement rather than just the escape event

effusion

vsoozing

Specialized

7 8.5

A flow of liquid or gas out through a small opening

describes slow steady movement that does not require pressure

ooze

vsoozing

5 6.0

Slow movement of liquid through small holes in a surface

is the same sense but presented in a continuous action form

exudation

vsoozing

Specialized

9.6

Slow leaking of liquid from wounds or blood vessels

is a general outward seepage not limited to biological sources

percolation

vsoozing

Specialized

6.4

Liquid slowly passing through soil or a filter

involves outward seepage through openings rather than movement through a material

Antonyms

dryness

8 1.0

Lack of water or wetness in something

stagnation

1 6.5

Still water that does not move in pipes or lakes, causing poor quality

How Fast

gushing

4.1

flowing

1 3.7

to trickle

70 3.4

oozing

4.5

to seeping

2.7

dripping

4 1.0

Surface Forms

oozing singular

oozings plural

Morphology

oozing = ooze (transparent) = ooze + ing

Formed regularly from the verb 'ooze' with the gerund/participle suffix '-ing', meaning follows directly from the base.

Etymology

Oozing comes from the old verb ooze, which meant 'to flow out' and may be a sound-like word that imitates slow liquid movement. So, an oozing is a slow, steady flow of liquid coming out of something.