ooze : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ooze	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for ooze
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ooze n any thick, viscous matter [syn: sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze] the process of seeping Synonym(s): seepage, ooze, oozing v pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings Synonym(s): seep, ooze release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores" Synonym(s): exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ooze \Ooze\, n. (Oceanography) A soft deposit covering large areas of the ocean bottom, composed largely or mainly of the shells or other hard parts of minute organisms, as Foraminifera, Radiolaria, and diatoms. The {radiolarian ooze} occurring in many places in very deep water is composed mainly of the siliceous skeletons of radiolarians, calcareous matter being dissolved by the lage percentage of carbon dioxide in the water at these depths.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ooze \Ooze\, n. [OE. wose, AS. wase dirt, mire, mud, akin to w[?]s juice, ooze, Icel. v[be]s wetness, OHG. waso turf, sod, G. wasen.] 1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure. [bd]My son i' the ooze is bedded.[b8] --Shak. 2. Soft flow; spring. --Prior. 3. The liquor of a tan vat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ooze \Ooze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oozed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Oozing}.] [Prov. Eng. weeze, wooz. See {Ooze}, n.] 1. To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings. The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass. --Thomson. 2. Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ooze \Ooze\, v. t. To cause to ooze. --Alex. Smith.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
OOZE Object oriented extension of Z. "Object Orientation in Z", S. Stepney et al eds, Springer 1992.