Definitions
release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
Word origin
From Middle English wose, from Old English wāse (“mud, mire”), from Proto-West Germanic *waisā, from Proto-Germanic *waisǭ (compare Dutch waas (“haze, mist; bloom”), (obsolete) German Wasen (“turf, sod”), Old Norse veisa (“slime, stagnant pool”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”) (compare Sanskrit विष्यति (viṣyati, “flow, let loose”)). Compare also Saterland Frisian öäzje (“to smear”). More at virus.
Used in a sentence
“I promised him I would keep silence, but the story gradually oozed out, and the Cronsons left the country.”
“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.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Seep slowly”4 letters
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