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ooze
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: o?oz, IPA(key): /u?z/
- Rhymes: -u?z
- Homophone: oohs
Etymology 1
- (Noun) Middle English wose (“sap”), from Old English w?s (“sap, froth”), from Proto-Germanic *w?s? (cf. Middle Low German wose (“scum”), Old High German wasal (“rain”), Old Swedish os, oos), from Proto-Indo-European *wóseh? (“sap”) (cf. Sanskrit ??? (vás?, “fat”)).
- (Verb) Middle English wosen, from wose (wose, “sap”); see above.
Noun
ooze (countable and uncountable, plural oozes)
- Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
- An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.
- (obsolete) Secretion, humour.
- (obsolete) Juice, sap.
Translations
Verb
ooze (third-person singular simple present oozes, present participle oozing, simple past and past participle oozed)
- (intransitive, sometimes figuratively) To be secreted or slowly leak.
- 1868, Charlotte Riddell, A Strange Christmas Game
- I promised him I would keep silence, but the story gradually oozed out, and the Cronsons left the country.
- 1988, David Drake, The Sea Hag, Baen Publishing Enterprises (2003), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:
- Pale slime oozed through all the surfaces; some of it dripped from the ceiling and burned Dennis as badly as the blazing sparks had done a moment before.
- 1994, Madeleine May Kunin, Living a Political Life, Vintage Books (1995), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:
- He was hard to understand because he spoke softly, and his Vermont accent was as thick as maple syrup oozing down a pile of pancakes.
- 2011, Karen Mahoney, The Iron Witch, Flux (2011), ?ISBN, page 278:
- Her heart constricted when she saw thick blood oozing from a wide gash in his forehead.
- 1868, Charlotte Riddell, A Strange Christmas Game
- (transitive, figuratively) To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude.
- 1989, Robert R. McCammon, The Wolf's Hour, Open Road Integrated Media (2011), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:
- "Good servants are so hard to find," Chesna said, oozing arrogance.
- 1999, Tamsin Blanchard, Antonio Berardi: Sex and Sensibility, Watson-Guptill Publications (1999), ?ISBN, page 16:
- There are no two ways about it: a Berardi dress oozes sex appeal from its very seams.
- 1989, Robert R. McCammon, The Wolf's Hour, Open Road Integrated Media (2011), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:
Derived terms
- oozy
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English wose, from Old English w?se (“mud, mire”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *wais? (compare Dutch waas (“haze, mist; bloom”), (obsolete) German Wasen (“turf, sod”), Old Norse veisa (“slime, stagnant pool”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weis (“to flow”) (compare Sanskrit ??????? (vi?yati, “flow, let loose”)). More at virus.
Noun
ooze (plural oozes)
- Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary.
- (oceanography) A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous or siliceous planktonic debris organisms.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter
- Seaweed were left on the blackened marble, while the salt ooze defaced the matchless works of art.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter
- A piece of soft, wet, pliable ground.
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slush
English
Etymology
Most likely imitative; related to slosh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
slush (usually uncountable, plural slushes)
- Half-melted snow or ice.
- As the skiing season drew to an end, there was nothing but slush left on the piste.
- Liquid mud or mire.
- Flavored shaved ice served as a drink.
- A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
- The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
- (engineering) A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.
- (publishing) Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.
Synonyms
- (snow): slush ice
- (flavored shaved ice served as a drink): slushy, slushie, slurpee, Slurpee, slush puppy, Slush Puppie
Derived terms
- slushy
- slush fund
- slush puppy (non-alcoholic)
- Slush Puppy (alcoholic drink)
- slushbreaker
Translations
Verb
slush (third-person singular simple present slushes, present participle slushing, simple past and past participle slushed)
- To smear with slushy liquid or grease.
- To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.
- To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
Derived terms
- slusher
- slush up
Anagrams
- shuls
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?slus/, [?s?lus?]
- IPA(key): /?slu?/, [?s?lu?]
Noun
slush
- slush (icy drink)
Declension
Synonyms
- jäähilejuoma
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