oozing

English

Verb

oozing

1. present participle and gerund of ooze

Noun

oozing (countable and uncountable, plural oozings)

1. (countable, uncountable) Something that oozes; a seepage.
   • 1855, Henry Stephens, John Stuart Skinner, The book of the farm, page 320:

     A 12-acre field of good, deep land on the farm of Frenchlaw, in Berwickshire, was rendered swampy by springs and oozings of water from the surrounding rising ground being retained upon the clay subsoil.

2. (uncountable) Synonym of stringing (“defect in 3D printing”)
   • 2015, Charles Bell, 3D Printing with Delta Printers, page 251:

     One of the side effects of having the hot end set to the optimal temperature for extrusion is oozing.