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oozing

oozing is the present participle and gerund of ooze.

Noun

oozing (countable and uncountable, plural oozings)

  1. Something that oozes; a seepage.
    • A 12-acre field of good, deep land on the farm of Frenchlaw, in Berwickshire, was rendered swampy by springs and oozings of water from the surrounding rising ground being retained upon the clay subsoil.1855, Henry Stephens, John Stuart Skinner, The book of the farm, page 320
  2. (uncountable) Synonym of stringing (“defect in 3D printing”).
    • One of the side effects of having the hot end set to the optimal temperature for extrusion is oozing.2015, Charles Bell, 3D Printing with Delta Printers, page 251
    Synonyms:
    stringing

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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Synonyms of oozing

Forms of oozing

pluraloozings

Questions about oozing

What does oozing mean?
Oozing means something that oozes; a seepage.
What is oozing the present participle and gerund of?
Oozing is the present participle and gerund of ooze.
What part of speech is oozing?
Oozing is a noun.
What is the plural of oozing?
The plural of oozing is oozings.

Words near oozing in the dictionary

  1. oozies
  2. ooziest
  3. oozily
  4. oozin'
  5. ooziness
  6. oozing
  7. oozingly
  8. oozings
  9. oozle
  10. oozled
  11. Oozlefinch

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