ooze
verb (used without object)
(of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings.
will ooze
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future tenseof ooze.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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When heated, the same nanoheaters will ooze the chemicals stored within them in addition to generating heat.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024
Bake in the upper third of the oven for about 25 minutes, until puffed and golden brown; some filling will ooze out and caramelize.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
You want to use enough frosting that it will fill the cookie, but not so much that it will ooze out when you press it.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2021
It is also very oily, like the fried rock shrimp and the teppanyaki garlic rice, which will ooze oil as you watch.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2018
The golden globe could not check the expansive force of water; equally useless is it to attempt any check on the expansive force of mind,—it will ooze out!
From The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends by An English Lady
