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ooze

UK/uːz/ US/ʉːz/ uncommon obsolete
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

the process of seeping

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verb

1.

pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

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2.

release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

  • “exude sweat through the pores”
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Origin

* (Noun) Middle English wose (“sap”), from Old English wōs (“sap, froth”), from Proto-Germanic *wōsą, from Proto-Indo-European *wóseh₂ (“sap”) (cf. Sanskrit वसा (vásā, “fat”)). Cognate to Middle Low German wose (“scum”), Old High German wasal (“rain”), Old Swedish os, oos, ooss, Swedish os. Compare Old Swedish os, oos, Swedish os, Danish os, Norwegian os (“fumes, vapors, reeking, fug”). * (Verb) Middle English wosen, from Old English wōsan; see above. Compare Swedish osa (“ooze”).

Phrases

  • ooze leather
  • primordial ooze
  • radiolarian ooze
  • sea ooze

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