1. The process of seeping
   "The ooze of water through the basement walls indicated a serious problem";
   - seepage, oozing
    
2. Any thick, viscous matter
   "The mechanic's hands were covered in engine ooze";
   - sludge, slime, goo [informal], goop [N. Amer, informal], gook [informal], guck [N. Amer, informal], gunk [informal], muck, gloop [Brit, Cdn, informal]

1. Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
   "Water oozed through the cracks in the foundation";
   - seep
    
2. Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
   "ooze out sweat through the pores";
   - exude, exudate, transude, ooze out

Sounds like: on, ooz

Derived forms: oozed, oozing, oozes

Type of: course, egest, eliminate, excrete, feed, flow, flowing, matter, pass, run

Encyclopedia: Ooze