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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ooz
Phonetic Transcription : uz



Definition of oozed

Origin :
  • late 14c., wosen, verbal derivative of Old English noun wos "juice, sap," from Proto-Germanic *wosan (cf. Middle Low German wose "scum"), from same source as ooze (n.). Modern spelling from late 1500s. The Old English verb was wesan. Related: Oozed; oozing.
  • verb emit liquid
Example sentences :
  • And from the Assembly the fame of him oozed out gradually over Paris.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I said to show him in, and he sort of oozed through the door—he was that oily.
  • Extract from : « Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas » by Rupert Hughes
  • He dropped his hand on the other man's shoulder and oozed geniality.
  • Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace
  • Claire fumbled for her chair, oozed into it, and breathed, "Yes."
  • Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
  • When, in 1704, the news of Blenheim oozed out, the king's grief was piteous to see.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Paris » by Thomas Okey
  • "Looking for the courage that oozed out at his heels," sneered Parfitt.
  • Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting
  • It seems as though every atom of courage and confidence had oozed out of me.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess  » by Caroline Lockhart
  • The pitch, as before, in the sides and seams of the deck, melted and oozed out.
  • Extract from : « In the Eastern Seas » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • By reason of this a good deal of their courage had oozed out and vanished.
  • Extract from : « Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc » by Mark Twain
  • Drops of perspiration had oozed from the statue of Antony in Alba.
  • Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers

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