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💧 Leaking slowly 🌋 Slow liquid flow
oozing

oozing

12 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
74 2.7

To move slowly through small holes or cracks

stresses slow outward leaking, especially of a thick substance
to ooze
vsoozing
42 3.9

To flow out slowly through small holes

is the adjective form for that same slow thick leakage
to seep into
vsoozing
30 3.0

To move slowly through a surface into something

emphasizes slow outward seeping of thick liquid rather than inward movement
to dribble
vsoozing
29 2.8

To let liquid or saliva fall in small drops

denotes continuous slow leakage rather than separate small drops
to flow out
vsoozing
27 2.9

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

describes slow, often thick, leakage rather than a continuous stream
to ooze out
vsoozing
10 3.4

To flow slowly in small amounts through tiny holes

is a general adjective for that same slow outward leaking
to seep from
vsoozing
8 3.5

Liquid flows slowly out of something through small holes

is a general adjective for slow leakage often of thicker substances
to ooze from
vsoozing
7 4.2

Slowly flow out from a cut or crack in something

is the general adjective for slow leakage without naming source
to seeping
vsoozing
4 2.7

To flow slowly through small holes or spaces

is the general adjective highlighting slow outward leaking of thick liquid
to exude
vsoozing
3 6.5

Give off liquid slowly, often in drops

is about slow leaking generally, not about steady dropwise release
to ooze through
vsoozing
2 4.8

To flow slowly through small holes or cracks

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

Antonyms

to solidify
54 4.4

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

to fix a leak
2 2.0

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

How Wet

gushing
5 4.1
wet
825 1.0
oozing
12 4.5
moist
101 1.0
damp
106 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.