ooze

v., oozed, ooz·ing, ooz·es.

v.intr.

1. To flow or leak out slowly, as through small openings.
2. To disappear or ebb slowly: His courage oozed away.
3. To progress slowly but steadily: "Over grass bleached colorless by strong outback sun, the herd oozes forward" (Geraldine Brooks).
4. To exude moisture.
5. To emit a particular essence or quality: The house oozed with charm.

v.tr.

1. To give off; exude.
2. To emit or radiate in abundance: She oozes confidence.

n.

1. The act of oozing.
2. Something that oozes.
3. An infusion of vegetable matter, as from oak bark, used in tanning.

[Middle English wosen, from wose, juice, from Old English wōs.]

ooze² (ūz)
n.

1. Soft mud or slime.
2. A layer of mudlike sediment on the floor of oceans and lakes, composed chiefly of remains of microscopic sea animals.
3. Muddy ground.

[Middle English wose, from Old English wāse.]

verb

To flow or leak out or emit something slowly: bleed, exude, leach, percolate, seep, transpire, transude, weep. See move/halt, solid/liquid/consistency.

noun

A viscous, usually offensively dirty substance: mire, muck, slime, slop, sludge, slush. See clean/dirty.

A deep, sea-floor deposit either of tiny organisms such as diatoms (a type of algae) or of fine inorganic sediments.

Exudation of fluid.

IN BRIEF: To slowly seep out.

We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. — Jean Baudrillard

Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - sive, pible frem, udsondre, afgive
v. tr. - udstråle, udsondre
n. - flydende masse

2.
n. - flydende dynd eller slim

Nederlands (Dutch)
(door)sijpelen, druipen, doordringen, modder, slik, stroompje, (door)sijpeling

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - déborder de, rayonner de
v. tr. - suinter, (fig) rayonner
n. - rayonnement

2.
n. - vase, boue

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - sickern, triefen
n. - Schlamm, Sickern

2.
n. - Schlick, Mudd

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ρέω ή σταλάζω αργά, περνώ μέσα από πόρους, βγάζω υγρό ή οσμή, αναβλύζω, αναδίνω
n. - βόρβορος, λάσπη, λασπώδης θαλάσσιος βυθός

Italiano (Italian)
melma, fango

Português (Portuguese)
v. - verter, transudar, destilar
n. - lama (f), pântano (m)

Русский (Russian)
тина, просачивание, сочиться

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - rezumarse, escurrirse, escaparse, filtrarse, manar, fluir suavemente, irse, evaporarse
v. tr. - exudar, sudar, desprender
n. - emanación, chorro suave

2.
n. - barro, lodo, cieno, fango

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sippra (ut), sippra fram, dunsta ut, drypa
n. - sakta flöde, sipprande, dy, slam, träsk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 渗出, 分泌出, 冒出, 逐渐消失, 似乎散发出, 渗流, 散发, 分泌, 渗出物

2. 河床的沉淀物, 淤泥, 沼泽, 沼地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 滲出, 分泌出, 冒出, 逐漸消失
v. tr. - 滲出, 分泌出, 冒出, 似乎散發出
n. - 滲流, 散發, 分泌, 滲出物

2.
n. - 河床的沈澱物, 淤泥, 沼澤, 沼地

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 스며 나오다, (비밀이)새다, 살며시 도망가다
v. tr. - 배어나오다, 누설하다
n. - 분비물, 나무의 즙, 보드라운 진흙

2.
n. - 습지

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …がじくじく流れ出る, …がにじみ出る, だんだんなくなる, 漏れる
n. - 泥, 分泌, 浸出

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينز, يرشح (الاسم) الطين المترسب في القاع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮דלף, זב באיטיות, טפטף, נספג‬
v. tr. - ‮דלף, זב באיטיות, טפטף, נספג, הפגין (תחושה) באופן חופשי‬
n. - ‮טפטוף, דליפה‬
n. - ‮בוץ (בקרקע הנהר)‬

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