[syn: oozing, oozy, seeping]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
oozing \oozing\ adj.
leaking out slowly.
Syn: oozy, seeping.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass.
--Thomson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed
out; his courage oozed out.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
oozing
adj 1: leaking out slowly [syn: oozing, oozy, seeping]
n 1: the process of seeping [syn: seepage, ooze, oozing]