Definition of ooze

• n. - Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.
• n. - Soft flow; spring.
• n. - The liquor of a tan vat.
• n. - To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings.
• n. - Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out.
• v. t. - To cause to ooze.