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Definition of Oozing
1. Adjective. Leaking out slowly.
2. Noun. The process of seeping.
Generic synonyms: Flow, Flowing
Specialized synonyms: Exudation, Transudation
Derivative terms: Ooze, Ooze, Oozy, Ooze, Ooze, Seep
Definition of Oozing
1. Verb. (present participle of ooze) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oozing
1. ooze [v] - See also: ooze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oozing
Literary usage of Oozing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"Eczema on margin of hair in front, worse coming from cold into warm room, oozing
after washing; all secretions tenacious, ropy, increased. Hydrocotyle. ..."
2. Prevention of Disease and Care of the Sick: How to Keep Well and what to Do by William Gordon Stimpson, Milton Hugh Foster (1919)
"oozing. Occasionally considerable oozing will persist from a wound which is possibly
... Such oozing can almost always be controlled by the pressure of a ..."
3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"She aspersed a stream From dark Avernus drawn, she said; soft herbs Were cut by
moonlight with a blade of bronze, oozing black poison-sap; ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Gynaecology by Thomas Addis Emmet (1880)
"Elephantiasis and hypertrophy of labia and clitoris—Fibrous and fatty tumors—
oozing tumor—Labial cysts—Vaginismus—Vaginitis—Disease of the cervix and ..."