ooze
1. any thick, viscous matter
• Syn:
sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook,
guck, gunk, muck
• Derivationally related forms:
mucky (for: muck), muck (for: muck), gooey (for: goo), slimy (for: slime), slime (for: slime)
• Hypernyms:
matter
• Hyponyms:
sapropel
2. the process of seeping
• Syn:
seepage, oozing
• Derivationally related forms:
ooze (for: oozing), oozy, seep (for: seepage)
• Hypernyms:
flow, flowing
• Hyponyms:
exudation, transudation
1. pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
• Syn:
seep
• Derivationally related forms:
oozing, seepage (for: seep)
• Hypernyms:
run, flow, feed, course
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
2. release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
- exude sweat through the pores
• Syn:
exude, exudate, transude, ooze out
• Derivationally related forms:
oozing, transudation (for: transude), exudate (for: exudate), exudation (for: exude), exudate (for: exude)
• Hypernyms:
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
• Hyponyms:
distill, distil, reek, fume, transpire,
extravasate, stream, gum, secrete, release, froth
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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