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Meaning of "ooze" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OOZE

Old English wōs juice.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OOZE

ooze  [uːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OOZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ooze is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ooze in English.

WHAT DOES OOZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ooze

Ooze may refer to: ▪ Pelagic sediments, fine-grained sediments on the ocean floor, containing at least 30% biogenous material...

Definition of ooze in the English dictionary

The first definition of ooze in the dictionary is to flow or leak out slowly, as through pores or very small holes. Other definition of ooze is to exude or emit. Ooze is also to overflow with.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OOZE

PRESENT

Present
I ooze
you ooze
he/she/it oozes
we ooze
you ooze
they ooze
Present continuous
I am oozing
you are oozing
he/she/it is oozing
we are oozing
you are oozing
they are oozing
Present perfect
I have oozed
you have oozed
he/she/it has oozed
we have oozed
you have oozed
they have oozed
Present perfect continuous
I have been oozing
you have been oozing
he/she/it has been oozing
we have been oozing
you have been oozing
they have been oozing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I oozed
you oozed
he/she/it oozed
we oozed
you oozed
they oozed
Past continuous
I was oozing
you were oozing
he/she/it was oozing
we were oozing
you were oozing
they were oozing
Past perfect
I had oozed
you had oozed
he/she/it had oozed
we had oozed
you had oozed
they had oozed
Past perfect continuous
I had been oozing
you had been oozing
he/she/it had been oozing
we had been oozing
you had been oozing
they had been oozing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will ooze
you will ooze
he/she/it will ooze
we will ooze
you will ooze
they will ooze
Future continuous
I will be oozing
you will be oozing
he/she/it will be oozing
we will be oozing
you will be oozing
they will be oozing
Future perfect
I will have oozed
you will have oozed
he/she/it will have oozed
we will have oozed
you will have oozed
they will have oozed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been oozing
you will have been oozing
he/she/it will have been oozing
we will have been oozing
you will have been oozing
they will have been oozing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would ooze
you would ooze
he/she/it would ooze
we would ooze
you would ooze
they would ooze
Conditional continuous
I would be oozing
you would be oozing
he/she/it would be oozing
we would be oozing
you would be oozing
they would be oozing
Conditional perfect
I would have ooze
you would have ooze
he/she/it would have ooze
we would have ooze
you would have ooze
they would have ooze
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been oozing
you would have been oozing
he/she/it would have been oozing
we would have been oozing
you would have been oozing
they would have been oozing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you ooze
we let´s ooze
you ooze
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to ooze
Past participle
oozed
Present Participle
oozing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OOZE

oose
oosperm
oosphere
oospore
oosporic
oosporous
Oostende
oosy
ootheca
oothecae
oothecal
ootid
ooze leather
oozier
ooziest
oozily
ooziness
oozy

WORDS THAT END LIKE OOZE

adoze
booze
bulldoze
cooze
coze
croze
deepfroze
doze
froze
globigerina ooze
gloze
Jaques-Dalcroze
moze
quick-froze
refroze
schmooze
snooze
toze
unfroze

Synonyms and antonyms of ooze in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OOZE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ooze» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ooze
alluvium · bleed · clay · dirt · discharge · display · drain · dribble · drip · dripping · drop · emanate · emit · escape · excrete · exhibit · exudation · exude · filter · give off · give out · gloop · gush · leach · leak · leakage · manifest · mire · muck · mud · percolate · radiate · release · seep · seepage · silt · slime · slob · sludge · strain · sweat · trickle · weep · well

Translation of «ooze» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OOZE

Find out the translation of ooze to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ooze from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ooze» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

流出
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rezumar
570 millions of speakers

English

ooze
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रसना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ил
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escorrer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধীরে ধীরে ক্ষরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

suinter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

selut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

triefen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

にじみ出る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스며나오다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுரக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झोंके घेणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sızmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stillare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Szlam
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ил
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mâl
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ooze
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

modder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sekret
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ooze

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OOZE»

The term «ooze» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.693 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OOZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ooze» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ooze» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ooze

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5 QUOTES WITH «OOZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ooze.
1
Italo Calvino
The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.
2
Melissa de la Cruz
I always thought of vampires, especially the young-adult ones, as a metaphor for sex - sucking blood, forbidden, taboo. I think they just ooze sex. Vampires are all the big themes in life in one attractive, bloodsucking package.
3
Dree Hemingway
I'm never going to be cast as a 'Bond' girl. I mean, I could do it and I would love it. But I don't ooze sexuality.
4
Margot Kidder
I remember laughing an inordinate amount of time. Setting up scenes that involve ooze coming out basements, or pigs' heads flying through windows is really fun. How could you not laugh?
5
Chelan Simmons
Every girl/woman in the world has flaws. Instead of focusing on your flaws when you look in a mirror, focus on the parts of you that you love; try to do this every morning. You will ooze confidence all day long.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OOZE»

Discover the use of ooze in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ooze and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Wizard of Ooze
When Marco finds a rare edition of the Ooze comic book at HorrorLand, he finds that many monstrous collectors would do anything to get their hands on the comic.
R. L. Stine, 2010
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The Ooze
It just sits there. Until it starts to ooze. It oozes all over the cat. It oozes all over Al’s best friend. Everything the ooze touches...changes. Forever. And now the ooze is coming right at Al!
R.L. Stine, 2012
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Cool Chemistry Concoctions: 50 Formulas that Fizz, Foam, ...
Offers fifty experiments to explain the principles of chemistry, including soda slobber, fistful of slime, and clean green slime.
Joe Rhatigan, Veronika Alice Gunter, 2007
4
Itch & Ooze: Gross Stuff on Your Skin
Gross Stuff on Your Skin Laura Christin Lewandowski. STRETCHY, STICKY, OFTEN ICKY 1 CHAPTER THESKIN YOU'RE IN Quick—what's the biggest organ in your body? Is it your lungs? Nope. Your heart? Some people might say you have ...
Laura Christin Lewandowski, 2011
5
Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science
fine-grained terrigenous silts and clays, and ac- cumulate as ooze. The silica-rich residues give rise to siliceous ooze; the calcium-containing material, to calcareous ooze. Oozes accumulate slowly, at a rate of about 1 to 6 centimeters ( 12 to ...
Tom Garrison, 2006
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Sedimentary Geology
Because the depth of most ocean basins is 4 to 5 km, only the shallower ocean basins, the floors of which are above the CCD, can retain the calcareous ooze. It seems surprising that these tiny calcareous skeletons can survive dissolution from ...
Donald R. Prothero, Fred Schwab, 2004
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Ooze & Awes in God's Creations
*eop/,. e. Physical traits and simple genetics reveal God's • ft unique design. Bible Basis: Genesis 1:26-31; 2:18-22 Memory Verse: Everything God created is good. 1 Timothy 4:4 •□« Bible Background Jr When we read about the creation of ...
David C Cook, 2009
8
Percy and the Perpetual Ooze
Karin Marwood, Julie Kim. Gran opened the door, turned on the light and to her dismay, saw Percy sitting upright in bed. “Ohhhh,” he groaned. His eyes o o zed ! His nose oozed! His ears oozed! His mouth ...
Karin Marwood, Julie Kim, 2011
9
Ooze and Goo
Disgusting Wy Sacfs Ooze and Goo What's inside a boil? Look inside this book for the answer! Books in the Disgusting Body Facts series take you on a tour of some of the most interesting and revolting parts of the human body. Read Ooze and ...
Angela Royston, 2010
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The Truth about Science: A Curriculum for Developing Young ...
PREPARATION: The teacher can prepare the room and the Ooze beforehand to save time or students can cover their desks and mix the Ooze during the lesson. □ Worktables can be covered with newspaper. This will work best if held in place  ...
Kathryn A. Kelsey, E. Ashley Steel, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OOZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ooze is used in the context of the following news items.
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REVIEW: Minions Breaks Out Despicable Sidekicks for Solo …
And what a quest—it begins, we find out (as guided by the narration of Geoffrey Rush) in primordial ooze and quickly bops through various ... «Parade, Jul 15»
2
Azealia Banks – Sydney, Metro Theatre 24/07/15
Fresh from touring with Seth Sentry, Aussie support act Ivan Ooze had the crowd sufficiently riled up and ready to go. These guys have to be ... «Music Feeds, Jul 15»
3
Wet Hot American sequel worthy of a beloved cult flop
Given the poker-faced ridiculousness of Wet Hot (this is a franchise in which toxic ooze transforms a man into a sentient can of mixed ... «Macleans.ca, Jul 15»
4
River, bay in Connecticut 'sick' from 'nuisance' algae
Anyone who steps too far out onto the mat sinks in up the knees in black ooze. Essentially, Vaudry said, the beach has turned into "a giant ... «WRAL.com, Jul 15»
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Did You Hear the One About Robin Being Joker?
Does X-Men's Apocalypse Really Look Like Ivan Ooze? - IGN Keepin' It Reel Podcast. 6:47 MIN · IGN Keepin' It Reel, Episode 294: Fans Riled ... «IGN, Jul 15»
6
How to be an Instagram food superstar
Nothing creates more excitement than the ooze of caramel running off the edge of a jug, the lickability factor of that rich chocolate ganache ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
7
Shit storm erupts in Treasure Island townhouse when sewer pipes …
On May 29, 2015, on the Golden Gate Bridge side of Treasure Island, smelly brown chocolate ooze began to gush from the Lundgren family's ... «San Francisco Bay View, Jul 15»
8
U2 rocks MSG: 5 mammoth moments from a visually stunning show …
The ooze of his melody in "City of Blinding Lights" was entrancing, and his solo on "Until the End of the World" provided the room with a fullness ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
9
How shrimp farming wreaked havoc on Sri Lanka's coasts
... remain productive for only five to ten years (the other main reason is the build-up of an organic ooze, rich in uneaten food and prawn faeces). «nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper, Jul 15»
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From Christmas in July to turfing the Senate: A week in politics is a …
Meanwhile, the political landscape has become so surreal that one might soon expect to see the Peace Tower clock ooze down the walls. «rabble.ca, Jul 15»

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