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OOZE THROUGH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ooze through mean?
• OOZE THROUGH (verb)
The verb OOZE THROUGH has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: OOZE THROUGH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Run slowly and gradually
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
Blood oozed through the bandage
Hypernyms (to "ooze through" is one way to...):
penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ooze through"):
soak through; sop (be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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