Ooze
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To ooze means to slowly leak or flow out, like when honey drips from a spoon or when mud seeps from the ground after rain.
Examples
- As the ice cream melted in the sun, it began to ooze out of the sides of the cone, creating a sticky mess on my hands.
- During our science experiment, we watched the thick syrup slowly ooze from the bottle, demonstrating how liquids can flow at different speeds.
- While we were hiking in the forest, we discovered a tree with a sticky resin that seemed to ooze from a crack in its bark.
Synonyms
leak
drip
flow
seep
trickle
slip
Antonyms
gush
pour
spout
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