OOZE OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ooze out mean? 

• OOZE OUT (verb)
  The verb OOZE OUT has 1 sense:

1. release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

  Familiarity information: OOZE OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OOZE OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude

Context example:

exude sweat through the pores

Hypernyms (to "ooze out" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ooze out"):

distil; distill (give off (a liquid))

fume; reek (be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face)

transpire (give off (water) through the skin)

extravasate (geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth)

stream (exude profusely)

gum (exude or form gum)

release; secrete (generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids)

froth (exude or expel foam)

Sentence frames:

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