To slowly leak or seep out; or a thick muddy deposit found on the ocean floor.
From Old English 'wōs' (to ooze, flow slowly), possibly related to 'ose' (to flow). The noun meaning 'ocean mud' developed from observing how this material slowly accumulated.
Ocean scientists discovered that ooze—the mud covering the deep sea floor—contains the shells of trillions of tiny organisms, essentially creating a geological library where each layer represents thousands of years of Earth's history, all formed by imperceptible oozing.
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