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Oozing

To be secreted or slowly leak.

📖 Definitions of "Oozing"

verb
  1. 1

    To be secreted or slowly leak.

  2. 2

    To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude.

noun
  1. 1

    Something that oozes; a seepage.

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seepingnounThe act by which something seeps.
oozenoun(intransitive, sometimes figurative) To be secreted or slowly leak.
seepagenounThe process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)
leakyHaving leaks; not fully sealed.
oozyOf or pertaining to the quality of something that oozes.

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WordDefinition
seepingnounThe act by which something seeps.
seepagenounThe process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)
leakyHaving leaks; not fully sealed.
oozyOf or pertaining to the quality of something that oozes.
moistnessnounThe property of being moist.
moisturenounThe state of being moist.
sweatnounFluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
droopnounSomething which is limp or sagging.
stinkingnounThe emission of a foul smell.
mushinessnounThe characteristic of being mushy.
creepsnoun(figurative) A feeling or sensation of fear or horror.
spumescencenoun(obsolete) foaminess or frothiness.
poachinessnoun(archaic) The state of being poachy or marshy.
lactescencenounThe quality or state of producing milk, or milky sap.
fluidnounA liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).
jellynoun(Commonwealth) A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
seemernoun(rare) A person who, or a thing which, seems.
slitheringverbThe act or action of one who slithers.
droopingverbThat droops or droop.
creepy weepynoun(informal) A story with Gothic and romance elements.

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