🌋 Slow liquid flow 💧 Leaking slowly

oozing

4.5

Slowly leaking thick, sticky liquid

adjective
/ˈuzɪŋ/

: exudante

And yeah, there's some oozing messiness that that comes with healing.

And yeah, there's some oozing messiness that that comes with healing.

Examples

[OOZING SOUND]

Gate II (1990)
[LIQUID OOZING]

Proteus (1995)
The wound was oozing a thick, yellowish liquid after the surgery.
She noticed the old pipe oozing water onto the floor.
After the rain, the soil was oozing with moisture, creating puddles.

Synonyms

to seep

vsoozing

82 2.7

To move slowly through small holes or cracks

stresses slow outward leaking, especially of a thick substance

to ooze

vsoozing

64 3.9

To flow out slowly through small holes

is the adjective form for that same slow thick leakage

to seep into

vsoozing

25 3.0

To move slowly through a surface into something

emphasizes slow outward seeping of thick liquid rather than inward movement

to flow out

vsoozing

16 2.9

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

describes slow, often thick, leakage rather than a continuous stream

to dribble

vsoozing

15 2.8

To let liquid or saliva fall in small drops

denotes continuous slow leakage rather than separate small drops

to ooze out

vsoozing

7 3.4

To flow slowly in small amounts through tiny holes

is a general adjective for that same slow outward leaking

to ooze from

vsoozing

4 4.2

Slowly flow out from a cut or crack in something

is the general adjective for slow leakage without naming source

to exude

vsoozing

4 6.5

Give off liquid slowly, often in drops

is about slow leaking generally, not about steady dropwise release

to seep from

vsoozing

3 3.5

Liquid flows slowly out of something through small holes

is a general adjective for slow leakage often of thicker substances

to ooze through

vsoozing

1 4.8

To flow slowly through small holes or cracks

focuses more generally on slow outward leakage, not necessarily through material

to seeping

vsoozing

2.7

To flow slowly through small holes or spaces

is the general adjective highlighting slow outward leaking of thick liquid

Antonyms

to solidify

55 4.4

To change from a liquid or gas into a hard state as it cools

to fix a leak

1 2.0

To repair a break in a pipe that lets water or gas out

How Wet

gushing

4.1

wet

800 1.0

oozing

4.5

moist

105 1.0

damp

113 1.0

Surface Forms

oozing positive

Morphology

oozing = ooze (transparent) = ooze + ing

A regular participial/adjectival formation from 'ooze' that preserves the basic meaning of slow leaking.

Etymology

Oozing comes from the simple verb ooze, from a root that meant 'to flow out' and probably copied the quiet sound of something leaking. So, when something is oozing, it is slowly leaking a thick or wet substance.