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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
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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Something ----s something
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