1. [n]  the process of seeping
2. [n]  any thick messy substance
3. [v]  release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
4. [v]  pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

1. \Ooze\, n. (Oceanography)
   A soft deposit covering large areas of the ocean bottom,
   composed largely or mainly of the shells or other hard parts
   of minute organisms, as Foraminifera, Radiolaria, and
   diatoms. The {radiolarian ooze} occurring in many places in
   very deep water is composed mainly of the siliceous skeletons
   of radiolarians, calcareous matter being dissolved by the
   lage percentage of carbon dioxide in the water at these
   depths.
   

2. \Ooze\, n. [OE. wose, AS. wase dirt, mire, mud, akin to w?s
   juice, ooze, Icel. v[=a]s wetness, OHG. waso turf, sod, G.
   wasen.]
   1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or
      easily yield to pressure. ``My son i' the ooze is
      bedded.'' --Shak.
   2. Soft flow; spring. --Prior.
   3. The liquor of a tan vat.
   

3. \Ooze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oozed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Oozing}.] [Prov. Eng. weeze, wooz. See {Ooze}, n.]
   1. To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the
      pores of a substance or through small openings.
            The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass.
                                                  --Thomson.
   2. Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed
      out; his courage oozed out.
   

4. \Ooze\, v. t.
   To cause to ooze. --Alex. Smith.
   

Object oriented extension of Z. "Object Orientation in Z", S. Stepney et al eds, Springer 1992.