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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ooz
Phonetic Transcription : uz



Definition of oozing

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 :
  • His cheeks looked like two bladders from which the oil they contained was oozing out.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • A bloody sweat, oozing from every pore, crimsoned his bed-clothes.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • And that brought me back to his chin––back to that big, oozing cut.
  • Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
  • At length we halted at a small spring oozing from the soil of the field.
  • Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
  • The shot had struck him in the breast, and the life-blood was oozing away fast.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Blood was oozing between the fingers of the young Frenchman.
  • Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay
  • Sarah's courage, as may be seen, was oozing away with all Naomi's warnings.
  • Extract from : « Sarah's School Friend » by May Baldwin
  • Though it was moist with the drops that had been oozing over it, it had a burning heat.
  • Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • They walked across the oozing road, and he accosted the man in the doorway.
  • Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees
  • He was shot in the left breast, and blood was oozing from his lips.
  • Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon

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