Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ooze
2 senses of ooze
Sense 1
sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze -- (any thick, viscous matter)
=> matter -- (that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it")
Sense 2
seepage, ooze, oozing -- (the process of seeping)
=> flow, flowing -- (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ooze
2 senses of ooze
Sense 1
seep, ooze -- (pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings)
=> run, flow, feed, course -- (move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi")
Sense 2
exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze -- (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores")
=> excrete, egest, eliminate, pass -- (eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone")