ooze
Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter in a tanning vat used to tan…Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
» Green slime oozed out the pipe.
Grüner Schleim glibberte aus der Leitung.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
Gerbbrühe
(countable, uncountable)An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.
(countable, uncountable)Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary.
(countable, uncountable)A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous or siliceous planktonic debris organisms.
(countable, uncountable)A piece of soft, wet, pliable ground.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Secretion, humour.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Juice, sap.
- the process of seeping
- any thick, viscous matter
Examples
37 sentencesGreen slime oozed out the pipe.
deGrüner Schleim glibberte aus der Leitung.
Slime was oozing out of the pipe.
ruИз трубы вытекала слизь.
There was green slime oozing out of the pipe.
deAus dem Rohr sickerte grüner Schleim.
The unripe fig was oozing latex.
Yanni's father oozed manhood and authority.
Translations
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Origin
* (Noun) Middle English wose (“sap”), from Old English wōs (“sap, froth”), from Proto-Germ* (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”).
From Middle English wose, from Old English wāse (“mud, mire”), from Proto-West Germanic *waisā, from Proto-Germanic *waisǭ (compare Dutch waas (“haze, mist; bloom”), (obsolete) German Wasen (“turf, sod”), Old Norse veisa (“slime, stagnant pool”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”) (compare Sanskrit विष्यति (viṣyati, “flow, let loose”)). Compare also Saterland Frisian öäzje (“to smear”). More at virus.
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Forms
plural: oozesSynonyms
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5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable