ooze1 verbooze2 noun
oozeooze1 /uːz/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] 
WORD ORIGINooze1
Origin:
1300-1400 ➔ OOZE2 (2)VERB TABLE
ooze
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | ooze |
| he, she, it | oozes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | oozed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have oozed |
| he, she, it | has oozed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had oozed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ooze |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have oozed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am oozing |
| he, she, it | is oozing | |
| you, we, they | are oozing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was oozing |
| you, we, they | were oozing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been oozing |
| he, she, it | has been oozing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been oozing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be oozing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been oozing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A mixture of mud and rainwater oozed out of the bottom of the bucket.
- Blood was oozing from the wound.
- School spirit oozes from every hallway.
- Thick, sticky syrup oozes out of the tree trunk and is collected in buckets.
- Volcanoes usually ooze rivers of lava rather than exploding.
- Complex markings in the ice suggest the ice often cracks and shifts, allowing what is below to ooze to the surface.
- Later, gum will ooze from the bark and branches will die back.
- My pores ooze salt and honeydew.
- Nor must you spend hours oozing a heartfelt message.
- The cut, and the white seeds oozing out, resembled the mouth of a corpse, filled with worms.
- When he looked at it, there was blood oozing from two split knuckles.
- While the Conference met, high spring tides were oozing through the paving of the Piazza San Marco.
THESAURUS
if liquid flows, it moves in a steady continuous stream: · Blood flowed from his hand.· The river flows very quickly at this point.
to flow – used when saying that something flows in a particular direction: · Water was running down the walls of the room.· Sweat ran off his nose.· The river runs into the sea.
to flow out of something: · You couldn't drink any of the water that came out of the tap.
to flow in large quantities: · The rain poured down.· Blood was pouring from a wound on his head.
to flow out quickly in very large quantities: · Water was gushing out at more than 3000 gallons a minute.
to flow out suddenly with a lot of force: · Oil was spurting from a small hole in the pipe.
to flow slowly in drops or in a thin stream: · Clare felt sweat trickling down the back of her neck.
to flow in or out through a small hole or crack, usually when this is not meant to happen: · Oil was leaking from the engine.
to flow from something very slowly – used about blood or a thick liquid: · Blood was oozing from the wound.· Jam oozed out as she bit into the cake.
to fall in drops: · Water dripped from the tap continuously.
to flow down the side of something in large amounts: · Water cascades down the hillside.
Longman Language Activatorwith lots of hills or mountains if a liquid flows , it moves in a steady, continuous stream from one place to another: · The river flows more slowly here and it is safe to swim.flow into/out of/over: · From here, factory waste flows straight into the sea.· Tears flowed down her cheeks as she hugged her children.· Oil flowed from the tanker into the sea.
if liquid comes out of a pipe, container etc, it flows out fairly slowly and in fairly small quantities: · When I turned on the tap a brownish liquid came out.come out of: · There's oil coming out of your engine.· I can't get the ketchup to come out of the bottle.
if a liquid or substance pours out of something, large amounts flow out of it: pour out of/off/down etc: · Sweat poured down his face.· Water was pouring out of the release gates on the dam.· Rain poured through the open window, waking me again an hour later.· Lava from the volcano is pouring down the mountain towards the town.
if a liquid runs somewhere, it flows quickly and smoothly; if a tap is running , water is flowing out of it: · Who left the faucet running?run along/down etc: · Tears ran down her face.· A stream runs along the bottom of the field.
if a liquid leaks from a container or pipe, or if a container or pipe leaks , the liquid comes out through a small hole or crack because the container or pipe is damaged: · I think the fuel tank is leaking.leak through/into/out of/from: · Water was leaking from a pipe in the bathroom.· Yoghurt had leaked out of the pot all over my lunchbox.
if a liquid drips , it falls slowly and steadily, in drops: drip off/out/onto etc: · The blood was still dripping from the cut on his lip.· We stood under a tree, with rain dripping onto our heads.· Wax from the candle dripped on the tablecloth.
if a thick liquid, or a substance such as blood or mud, oozes out of something, it comes out of it slowly and steadily: ooze out of/from: · A mixture of mud and rainwater oozed out of the bottom of the bucket.· Blood was oozing from the wound.· Thick, sticky syrup oozes out of the tree trunk and is collected in buckets.
if a liquid gushes from something, or if something gushes it, it flows or pours out very quickly in large quantities: · The knife wound was gushing blood.gush out/from/down etc: · Oil gushed from the hole in the ship's hull.· A pipe burst in one of the apartments above, and water gushed down.
if a liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly in drops or in a thin stream: trickle down/into/out: · Blood trickled down the side of her face. · Water trickled out of the pipe.· The fire spread when burning gasoline trickled from the car toward other vehicles.
if you squirt liquid or it squirts , it is forced out of a narrow hole in a thin fast stream: · Kids were squirting each other with water pistols.squirt something on somebody/something: · He squirted some ketchup on his fries.squirt from/into: · The batter is squirted into round molds, then baked.
if a liquid spurts or something spurts it, it comes out of something quickly and suddenly and with a lot of force: · The knife hit an artery, and the wound spurted blood.spurt from/out of/into: · Oil from the spill spurted into the crystal waters of Prince William Sound.· Water spurted from the burst pipe.
to flow down something in large quantities: cascade from/into/down etc: · The walls of the cave are smooth, polished by the water cascading from above.· Water from the broken water main cascaded into a subway station.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Andrew laughed gently, oozing charm.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1if a thick liquid oozes from something or if something oozes a thick liquid, that liquid flows from it very slowlyooze from/out of/through Andrew laughed gently, oozing charm. (=comes out slowly)· Blood was oozing from her forehead.
(=have or show a lot of charm)· Every time she saw him, he oozed charm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Then, as the revolting mess began to ooze out, Helen drew back and shut her eyes.· The hand reeked of garlic-she clawed at it, her muffled shouts oozing out between the fingers.· Sometimes he'd ooze out all of those stream-of-consciousness words about bad women and liquor and death.· The cut, and the white seeds oozing out, resembled the mouth of a corpse, filled with worms.· The front door was open and at least two sorts of music were oozing out on to the street.· Do not spread it right to the edge or it will ooze out.
NOUN· Barrow was on his hands and knees on the floor, blood oozing from a wound in his scalp.· When he looked at it, there was blood oozing from two split knuckles.· The eyes become red. Blood begins to ooze from the mouth and the nose.
The ice cream was melting and oozing out of its wrapper. A cut on his cheek was still oozing blood.2to show a lot of a particular quality or feeling: Andrew laughed gently, oozing charm.ooze1 verbooze2 noun
oozeooze2 noun 1[uncountable] very soft mud, especially at the bottom of a lake or sea2[singular] a very slow flow of liquid