Meaning & use
ooze
To flow or leak out slowly through a small opening, especially a thick or sticky substance.
See it in a sentence
Sap began to ooze from the cut in the tree's bark.
Confidence seemed to ooze from the champion as she walked to the podium.
A note on using this word
Ooze often extends figuratively to qualities like confidence or charm that someone displays abundantly and effortlessly.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
Soft, thick mud or slime, especially at the bottom of a river, lake, or swamp.
Their boots sank into the ooze along the riverbank.
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