ooze

1. 1.

   pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

   Synonymsseep

   Broaderrun
2. 2.

   release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

   “exude sweat through the pores”

   Synonymsexudeexudatetransudeooze out

   Broaderexcrete

   Narrowerdistillreektranspireextravasatestreamgumsecretefroth

Other forms of ooze

plural

oozes·

past tense

oozed·

present participle

oozing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ooze

What does ooze mean?

ooze means "any thick, viscous matter". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ooze?

ooze has 1 syllable: ooze. In IPA it is /ˈuz/.

What is another word for ooze?

Close synonyms include sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ooze a common word?

ooze is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ooze?

1 word rhymes with ooze. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.