to ooze out

Examples

• All

• Slowly, water is oozing out of the clay; a puddle is building around his toes.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Some sort of body fluid oozes out of Amy's hand.

  Fiction book (1997)

• But I can tell because of the blood oozing out.

  Fiction book (2002)

• There was only a little blood oozing out now.

  Fiction book (1999)

• It must be just oozing out at this point.

  Grown Ups (2010)

• More smoke was oozing out of the lightless space around him.

  Fiction book (1991)

• It oozed out of your big, open pores like sweat.

  Guilty As Charged (1991)

• Mum sent me a cake once, and all the cream oozed out through the parcel, and Matron was livid.

  Fiction book (1990)

• A sticky white droplet of latex oozes out where an adult Labidomera beetle has severed a leaf vein.

  Academic text (2002)

• As the cake cooled, the chocolate frosting began to ooze out from between the layers.

Synonyms

S

to seep

vsto ooze out

82 2.7

To move slowly through small holes or cracks

describes the same slow movement but emphasizes exit rather than passage through

O

to ooze

vsto ooze out

64 3.9

To flow out slowly through small holes

is the phrasal form using an extra particle instead of one word

F

to flow out

vsto ooze out

16 2.9

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

involves the same outward motion but is usually faster and more continuous

O

to ooze from

vsto ooze out

4 4.2

Slowly flow out from a cut or crack in something

focuses on the same slow outward movement but as a phrasal action

E

to exude

vsto ooze out

4 6.5

Give off liquid slowly, often in drops

describes the same slow release but with focus on passive spreading outward

S

to seep from

vsto ooze out

3 3.5

Liquid flows slowly out of something through small holes

expresses the same slow exit but framed as a phrasal action

O

to ooze through

vsto ooze out

1 4.8

To flow slowly through small holes or cracks

means the same slow movement but stresses leaking out to the outside

S

to seeping

vsto ooze out

2.7

To flow slowly through small holes or spaces

focuses on the same slow escape but highlights the outward direction

T

to transude

vsto ooze out

9.9

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

is similar but stresses simple slow leakage out rather than membrane passage

Antonyms

H

to hold in

65 4.5

To stop yourself from showing strong feelings

R

to retain

60 3.0

To hold something inside so it does not escape

How Fast

to gush

26 3.2

to pour out

22 2.9

to flow out

16 2.9

to trickle

70 3.4

to ooze out

7 3.4

to seep

82 2.7

to drip down

12 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology