OOZING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oozing mean? 

• OOZING (noun)
  The noun OOZING has 1 sense:

1. the process of seeping

  Familiarity information: OOZING used as a noun is very rare.

• OOZING (adjective)
  The adjective OOZING has 1 sense:

1. leaking out slowly

  Familiarity information: OOZING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OOZING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of seeping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

ooze; oozing; seepage

Hypernyms ("oozing" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oozing"):

exudation; transudation (the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes)

Derivation:

ooze (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)

ooze (pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings)

• OOZING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leaking out slowly

Synonyms:

oozing; oozy; seeping

Similar:

leaky (permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases)

 Context examples 

Look how the water is still oozing into that deeper print!

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I could see them sipping on the droplets oozing from the mycelium,” he said.

(Mushroom Extract Could Help Save Bees from Virus, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He looked at the other reproachfully, tears oozing into his eyes and down his cheeks.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)