verb
- flowed or leaked out slowly and steadily
- displayed or expressed a quality in an obvious way
Usage: past tense of ooze
Usage: figurative use
Examples
- Blood oozed from the small cut on his finger.
- Honey oozed slowly from the broken jar.
- Water oozed through the cracks in the basement wall.
- The wound oozed for several hours before clotting.
- She oozed confidence during her presentation.
- The politician oozed charm at every campaign event.
- Mud oozed between her toes as she walked through the swamp.