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ooze

9 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) ooze (noun)
  2. 2) ooze (verb)
  3. 3) ooze (noun)
  4. ooze leather (noun)
  5. diatom ooze (noun)
  6. globigerina ooze (noun)
  7. quake ooze (noun)
  8. radiolarian ooze (noun)
  9. sea mud (noun)

1ooze

noun \ˈüz\

Definition of OOZE

1
: a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water
2
: a piece of soft wet plastic ground

Origin of OOZE

Middle English wose, from Old English wāse mire; akin to Old Norse veisa stagnant water
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with OOZE

blues, booze, bruise, choose, cruise, cruse, Druze, flews, fuse, lose, Meuse, muse, news, Ouse, roose, ruse, schmooze, snooze, trews, use, whose

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