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oozed

oozed is the simple past and past participle of ooze.

Meaning of ooze

Verb

ooze (third-person singular simple present oozes, present participle oozing, simple past and past participle oozed)

  1. (figuratively, intransitive, sometimes) To be secreted or slowly leak.
    • I promised him I would keep silence, but the story gradually oozed out, and the Cronsons left the country.1868, Charlotte Riddell, A Strange Christmas Game
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude.
    • […] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquer inhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated.1878, Henry James, “Honoré de Balzac”, in French Poets and Novelists, London: Macmillan, II, p. 122

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Questions about oozed

What is oozed the simple past and past participle of?
Oozed is the simple past and past participle of ooze.

Words near oozed in the dictionary

  1. Oozbek
  2. Oozbeks
  3. ooze
  4. ooze leather
  5. ooze leathers
  6. oozed
  7. oozel
  8. oozels
  9. oozes
  10. oozey
  11. oozie

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