Definition of Oozing

1. Noun. The process of seeping.

Exact synonyms: Ooze, Seepage
Generic synonyms: Flow, Flowing
Specialized synonyms: Exudation, Transudation
Derivative terms: Ooze, Ooze, Oozy, Ooze, Ooze, Seep

2. Adjective. Leaking out slowly.
Exact synonyms: Oozy, Seeping
Similar to: Leaky
Derivative terms: Ooze

Definition of Oozing

1. Verb. (present participle of ooze) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oozing

1. ooze [v] - See also: ooze

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oozing

oots
ootype
ootypes
ooze
ooze leather
ooze out
ooze through
oozed
oozes
oozier
ooziest
oozily
oozin'
ooziness
oozinesses
oozing (current term)
oozingly
oozoa
oozy
op
op-amp
op-amps
op-ed
op-eds
op.
op art
op shop
op shops
opa
opacate

Literary usage of Oozing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"Eczema on margin of hair in front, worse coming from cold into warm room, oozing after washing; all secretions tenacious, ropy, increased. Hydrocotyle. ..."

2. Prevention of Disease and Care of the Sick: How to Keep Well and what to Do by William Gordon Stimpson, Milton Hugh Foster (1919)
"oozing. Occasionally considerable oozing will persist from a wound which is possibly ... Such oozing can almost always be controlled by the pressure of a ..."

3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"She aspersed a stream From dark Avernus drawn, she said; soft herbs Were cut by moonlight with a blade of bronze, oozing black poison-sap; ..."

4. The Principles and Practice of Gynaecology by Thomas Addis Emmet (1880)
"Elephantiasis and hypertrophy of labia and clitoris—Fibrous and fatty tumors— oozing tumor—Labial cysts—Vaginismus—Vaginitis—Disease of the cervix and ..."

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