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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ooze  \Ooze\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Oozed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Oozing}.]  [Prov.  Eng.  weeze,  wooz.  See  {Ooze},  n.] 
  1.  To  flow  gently;  to  percolate,  as  a  liquid  through  the 
  pores  of  a  substance  or  through  small  openings. 
 
  The  latent  rill,  scare  oozing  through  the  grass. 
  --Thomson. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  To  leak  out  or  escape  slowly;  as  the  secret  oozed 
  out  his  courage  oozed  out 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oozing 
  adj  :  leaking  out  slowly  [syn:  {oozy},  {seeping}] 
  n  :  the  process  of  seeping  [syn:  {seepage},  {ooze}] 




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