The meaning of Oozes

noun

A deposit of clay, silt, and sand left by flowing floodwater in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil.

Usage examples:

Many vineyards are located on valley bottoms underlain by alluvium which can provide deep, free-dra…

verb

Lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.

Usage examples:

The cut was bleeding steadily

noun

An instance of bleeding.

Usage examples:

A lot of blood was lost from the placental bleed

adjective

Used for emphasis, or to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

The watch was a bleeding copy

verb

Lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.

Usage examples:

The cut was bleeding steadily

noun

An area of wet muddy ground that is too soft to support a heavy body.

Usage examples:

A peat bog

verb

Be or become stuck in mud or wet ground.

Usage examples:

The car became bogged down on the beach road

noun

An area of soft, wet earth

verb

Take air into the lungs and then expel it, especially as a regular physiological process.

Usage examples:

She was breathing deeply

noun

Sticky mud or dirt.

Usage examples:

That weird clag that fills your back yards and covers your roads

noun

Sticky mud; filth.

Usage examples:

Now where i come from these types would be called ‘happy as a pig in clarts’.

verb

Give a practical exhibition and explanation of (how a machine, skill, or craft works or is performed).

Usage examples:

Computerized design methods will be demonstrated

verb

To show how to do something; explain

Usage examples:

[ + question word ] he demonstrated how to use the new software., the surgeon demonstrated the use …

verb

To show something, or show someone how to do something, or how a system or product works

Usage examples:

They demonstrated how big savings could be made with the help of the new machinery., demonstrate st…

noun

A sum of money paid into a bank or building society account.

Usage examples:

Cash funds which are an alternative to bank or building society deposits

verb

Put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place.

Usage examples:

He deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table

noun

An amount of money paid into an account

Usage examples:

She made a large deposit last thursday., will you get your deposit back if you cancel the trip?, th…

noun

A substance, such as mud or dust, that soils someone or something.

Usage examples:

Jo wiped the dirt off her face

noun

Earth or a substance like it that has gotten on the surface of something such as your skin

Usage examples:

I sat on the ground and got dirt on my pants., after the rain, the woods smelled of wet dirt and gr…

verb

Tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation.

Usage examples:

They stressed that staff would not be actively discharging anyone and no programme was in place to …

noun

The action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police.

Usage examples:

Referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital

verb

To allow someone to leave

Usage examples:

Allen was discharged from the hospital yesterday., [ i ] the soapy water from the washing machine w…

verb

Put (something) in a prominent place in order that it may readily be seen.

Usage examples:

The palace used to display a series of tapestries

noun

A performance, show, or event staged for public entertainment.

Usage examples:

A display of fireworks

verb

Something intended to communicate a particular impression

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

verb

Emptying something by allowing liquid to run out of it

noun

The action or process of draining something.

Usage examples:

The pot must have holes in the base for good drainage

noun

The process by which water or other liquids flow away into pipes or into the ground

Usage examples:

The swamp has poor drainage throughout.

verb

(of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream.

Usage examples:

Rain dribbled down the window

noun

A thin stream of liquid; a trickle.

Usage examples:

A dribble of blood

verb

To move or happen slowly in small amounts or a few at a time

Usage examples:

Customers dribbled in and out all day., juice dribbled down the baby’s chin., water leaked from the…

verb

Let fall or be so wet as to shed small drops of liquid.

Usage examples:

The tap won't stop dripping

noun

A small drop of a liquid.

Usage examples:

She put the bucket on top of the dresser to catch the drips

verb

Flowing in drops

verb

Produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation).

Usage examples:

Even the best cars emit carbon dioxide

Give off, send forth, or discharge

adjective

Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.

Usage examples:

She put down her empty cup

verb

Remove all the contents of (a container).

Usage examples:

We empty the till at closing time

noun

A bottle or glass left empty of its contents.

Usage examples:

The barman collected the empties

verb

Remove all the contents of (a container).

Usage examples:

We empty the till at closing time

adjective

Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.

Usage examples:

She put down her empty cup

adjective

(of words or a gesture) lacking meaning or sincerity.

Usage examples:

Their promises were empty words

verb

Break free from confinement or control.

Usage examples:

Two burglars have just escaped from prison

noun

An act of breaking free from confinement or control.

Usage examples:

The gang had made their escape

verb

Run away from confinement

noun

(in living organisms and cells) the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter.

Usage examples:

The bound hg is then removed from the organism by natural excretion.

verb

Publicly display (a work of art or item of interest) in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.

Usage examples:

Only one sculpture was exhibited in the artist's lifetime

noun

An object or collection of objects on public display in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.

Usage examples:

The museum is rich in exhibits

verb

To show something in public for competition, sale, or amusement

Usage examples:

[ t ] the gallery is exhibiting his paintings and watercolors., he exhibited poor judgment., the mu…

abbreviation

Extension (in a phone number).

noun

Abbreviation for extension

noun

Written abbreviation for extension

verb

(of a fluid, especially blood) flow out from the vessel that naturally contains it into the surrounding area.

Usage examples:

Some cells may extravasate and form secondary tumours

noun

A mass of cells and fluid that has seeped out of blood vessels or an organ, especially in inflammation.

Usage examples:

Histologically, no cardial brain abscesses show purulent exudate surrounded by variable amounts of …

verb

(with reference to moisture or a smell) discharge or be discharged slowly and steadily.

Usage examples:

The beetle exudes a caustic liquid

verb

To have a lot of a particular quality or feeling

Usage examples:

Sal exudes confidence., some trees exude a sap that repels insect parasites.

noun

A porous device for removing impurities or solid particles from a liquid or gas passed through it.

Usage examples:

An oil filter

verb

Pass (a liquid, gas, light, or sound) through a device to remove unwanted material.

Usage examples:

The eye filters out ultraviolet radiation

noun

A piece of equipment or a device for removing solids from liquids or gases, or for limiting the particular type of light, sound, or electricity going through it

Usage examples:

An oil filter, a coffee filter, [ i always + adv/prep ] reports of the accident began to filter in.…

noun

A liquid which has passed through a filter.

Usage examples:

During the gravity filtration the filtrate passes through the filter medium under the combined forc…

verb

Filter.

Usage examples:

The remaining alkali is filtrated

noun

A liquid, gas or other substance that has passed through a filter (= piece of equipment that removes substances that are not wanted)

noun

The action or process of filtering something.

Usage examples:

Small particles are difficult to remove without filtration

noun

The process of using a filter to remove solids from liquids or gasses

verb

(of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream.

Usage examples:

From here the river flows north

noun

The action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream.

Usage examples:

The flow of water into the pond

verb

(esp. of liquids, gases, or electricity) to move in one direction, esp. continuously and easily

Usage examples:

Air flows over an aircraft’s wing faster than it flows under it., lava from the volcano was flowing…

phrasal verb

Give to several people

phrasal verb

To last no longer, or to work no longer

Usage examples:

Food supplies will give out by the end of the week., they’re giving out free tickets to the circus.

verb

(of a liquid) flow out of something in a rapid and plentiful stream.

Usage examples:

Water gushed out of the washing machine

noun

A rapid and plentiful stream or burst of something.

Usage examples:

A gush of blood

verb

To flow or pour out suddenly in large amounts

Usage examples:

Water gushed out of the broken pipe., "this is the best party i’ve ever had," taylor gushed., [ i ]…

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

Usage examples:

The issue of racism

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about

Usage examples:

There continues to be a great deal of debate over the property tax issue., isn’t the need to hire m…

verb

(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.

Usage examples:

The nutrient is quickly leached away

verb

(of a substance) to come out of or be removed from another substance, esp. dirt, by passing water through it

verb

(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.

Usage examples:

The nutrient is quickly leached away

verb

(of a container or covering) accidentally lose or admit contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack.

Usage examples:

The roof leaked

noun

A hole in a container or covering through which contents may accidentally pass.

Usage examples:

I checked all of the pipework for leaks

verb

(of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container, or (of a container) to allow liquid or gas to escape

Usage examples:

[ i ] he heard the sound of dripping and saw water leaking from a pipe overhead., [ t ] the ship ra…

noun

The accidental admission or escape of liquid or gas through a hole or crack.

Usage examples:

We're saving water by reducing leakage

noun

The condition of leaking

Usage examples:

The cause of the leakage of the chemical is under investigation, he said.

noun

A situation in which a liquid or gas escapes from an opening in a pipe or container, or the amount that escapes

Usage examples:

Continued leakage from the plant means that the river remains polluted., leakage of sth three diffe…

adjective

Clear or obvious to the eye or mind.

Usage examples:

Her manifest charm and proven ability

verb

Show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.

Usage examples:

Lizzy manifested signs of severe depression

noun

A document listing a ship's contents, cargo, passengers, and crew, for the use of customs officers.

Usage examples:

If you're a customs inspector at a port of entry you can send photos of cargos and manifests back t…

noun

A stretch of swampy or boggy ground.

Usage examples:

Acres of land had been reduced to a mire

verb

Cause to become stuck in mud.

Usage examples:

Sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down

noun

An area of deep, wet, sticky earth, or fig. any messy situation

Usage examples:

The cart’s wheels sank in the red mire., fig. at the time the country was mired in the great depres…

noun

Dirt, rubbish, or waste matter.

Usage examples:

I'll just clean the muck off the windscreen

verb

Spread manure on (land).

Usage examples:

Half the farm is mucked every year

noun

Wet, sticky dirt

Usage examples:

It was hard to walk in the muck.

noun

Soft, sticky matter resulting from the mixing of earth and water.

Usage examples:

Ankle deep in mud, we squelched across a meadow

noun

A computer-based text or virtual reality game which several players play at the same time, interacting with each other as well as with characters controlled by the computer.

verb

(of a liquid or gas) filter gradually through a porous surface or substance.

Usage examples:

The water percolating through the soil may leach out minerals

verb

(of a liquid) to move through a substance by going through very small spaces within it

Usage examples:

Underground water had percolated through the soil to form puddles.

noun

The process of a liquid moving slowly through a substance that has very small holes in it

Usage examples:

The percolation of water through rocks, so far we haven't seen much percolation of higher energy pr…

noun

A process by which substances are produced and discharged from a cell, gland, or organ for a particular function in the organism or for excretion.

Usage examples:

Alcohol had a stimulatory effect on gastric acid secretion

noun

The process by which an animal or plant produces and releases a liquid, or the liquid produced

Usage examples:

The excessive secretion of gastric juices in the gut causes ulcers., toxic secretions

verb

(of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes.

Usage examples:

Water began to seep through the soles of his boots

noun

A place where petroleum or water oozes slowly out of the ground.

Usage examples:

The stable isotope composition of the first and second stages of the worm tube carbonates is simila…

noun

The slow escape of a liquid or gas through porous material or small holes.

Usage examples:

The national rivers authority was called on to prevent further seepage

verb

(of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes.

Usage examples:

Water began to seep through the soles of his boots

noun

A place where petroleum or water oozes slowly out of the ground.

Usage examples:

The stable isotope composition of the first and second stages of the worm tube carbonates is simila…

verb

Present participle of seep

Usage examples:

Pesticides are seeping out of farmland and into the water supply., figurative given the intense sec…

idiom

To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place

phrasal verb

Produce, emit, or give out something.

Usage examples:

Radar signals were sent out in powerful pulses

phrasal verb

Dispatch items to a number of people.

Usage examples:

The company sent out written information about the stock

noun

Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour.

Usage examples:

Water continuing out over the playa surface carries with it a quantity of fine sand, silt, and clay…

verb

Become filled or blocked with silt.

Usage examples:

The river's mouth had silted up

noun

An unpleasantly thick and slippery liquid substance.

Usage examples:

The cold stone was wet with slime

verb

Cover with slime.

Usage examples:

What grass remained was slimed over with pale brown mud

noun

A smooth, sticky, liquid substance usually considered unpleasant

Usage examples:

A greenish slime covered the surface of the water near the sewer pipe.

noun

A person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness.

Usage examples:

He's a slob and expects others to clean up after him

verb

Behave in a lazy and slovenly way.

Usage examples:

He spent his life watching television and generally slobbing around

noun

A person who is messy, unattractive, and rude

Usage examples:

Some guys are real slobs., a working slob

noun

Thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process.

Usage examples:

The dumping of sewage sludge

noun

Wet dirt, or any other thick, wet substance

Usage examples:

The dirty water left a layer of sludge in the bottom of the pail.

noun

Partially melted snow or ice.

Usage examples:

The snow was turning into brown slush in the gutters

verb

Make a squelching or splashing sound.

Usage examples:

There was water slushing around in the galley

noun

Snow or ice that has started to melt

Usage examples:

The city’s streets were covered with dirty, gray slush., slushy snow can be very slippery.

noun

Moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically in profuse quantities as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, fever, or fear.

Usage examples:

Beads of sweat broke out on her brow

verb

Another term for sweatsuit or sweatpants.

verb

To excrete a salty, colorless liquid through the skin, esp. when you are hot or frightened

Usage examples:

He was sweating profusely., the soda cans sweat in this humidity., we have to sweat about money bec…

verb

Exude sweat.

Usage examples:

He was sweating profusely

noun

Moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically in profuse quantities as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, fever, or fear.

Usage examples:

Beads of sweat broke out on her brow

noun

Denoting loose casual garments made of thick, fleecy cotton.

Usage examples:

Noticing he was dressed in sweats and a sweat shirt, she commented ‘i take it you don't have to go …

verb

(with reference to a fluid) discharge or be discharged gradually through pores in a membrane, especially within the body.

Usage examples:

The vessels may transude serum

verb

(of a liquid) flow in a small stream.

Usage examples:

A solitary tear trickled down her cheek

noun

A small flow of liquid.

Usage examples:

A trickle of blood

verb

(of liquid) to flow slowly and without force

Usage examples:

Blood trickled from a cut in his forehead., after the hurricane, all the telephones were out, and i…

verb

(of a liquid) flow in a small stream.

Usage examples:

A solitary tear trickled down her cheek

noun

A small flow of liquid.

Usage examples:

A trickle of blood

verb

(of liquid) to flow slowly and without force

Usage examples:

Blood trickled from a cut in his forehead., after the hurricane, all the telephones were out, and i…

adverb

In a good or satisfactory way.

Usage examples:

The whole team played well

adjective

In good health; free or recovered from illness.

Usage examples:

I don't feel very well

exclamation

Used to express a range of emotions including surprise, anger, resignation, or relief.

Usage examples:

Well, really! the manners of some people!

verb

(of a liquid) rise up to the surface and spill or be about to spill.

Usage examples:

Tears were beginning to well up in her eyes

adverb

In a good or satisfactory way.

Usage examples:

The whole team played well

adverb

In a thorough manner.

Usage examples:

Add the mustard and lemon juice and mix well