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Plural of ooze

regular plural

The plural of ooze is oozes.

Forms of ooze

Singularooze /uːz/
Pluraloozes
Countablecountable and uncountable

Oozes in a sentence

  • There are no two ways about it: a Berardi dress oozes sex appeal from its very seams.1999, Tamsin Blanchard, Antonio Berardi: Sex and Sensibility, Watson-Guptill Publications, →ISBN, page 16
  • All are now private homes, but it oozes nostalgia (which I like).2025 November 12, 'Mystery Shopper', “Is Devon the cream of the crop?”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 48
  • As a description of the praxeology of philanthropy, Norris's statement practically oozes know-how and Spivak's can-do-ness.2019, Andrew Herman, The better Angels Of Capitalism. From the entry can-do-ness
  • Mean-times, spelling and pronunciation are horrendously uncircumvoluted and the English vocabulary simply oozes with unloquaciousness.2007, David F. Latham, “English Difficult? Au Contraire”, in American Rambler: 48 Original, Hilarious, Laugh-Out-Loud Newspapers Columns…. From the entry horrendously
  • "Yiss." The swami oozes in, now wearing only a rather dirty dhoti.1970, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 39. From the entry bespeech

Meaning of ooze

  1. noun Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
  2. noun An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.
  3. noun Secretion, humour.

Full definition of ooze

Questions about the plural of ooze

What is the plural of ooze?
The plural of ooze is oozes.
Is ooze countable?
Ooze is a countable and uncountable noun.

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