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* (Noun) Middle English wose (“sap”), from Old English wōs (“sap, froth”), from Proto-Germanic *wōsą, from Proto-Indo-European *wóseh2 (“sap”) (cf. Sanskrit वसा (vásā, “fat”)). Cognate to Middle Low German wose (“scum”), Old High German wasal (“rain”), Old Swedish os, oos, ooss, Swedish os. Compare Old Swedish os, oos, Swedish os, Danish os, Norwegian os (“fumes, vapors, reeking, fug”). * (Verb) Middle English wosen, from Old English wōsan; see above. Compare Swedish osa (“ooze”).

From Middle English wose, from Old English wāse (“mud, mire”), from Proto-West Germanic *waisā, from Proto-Germanic *waisǭ (compare Dutch waas (“haze, mist; bloom”), (obsolete) German Wasen (“turf, sod”), Old Norse veisa (“slime, stagnant pool”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”) (compare Sanskrit विष्यति (viṣyati, “flow, let loose”)). Compare also Saterland Frisian öäzje (“to smear”). More at virus.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: дъбилен разтвор (dǎbilen raztvor) — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• Dutch: looivloeistof — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• Finnish: parkkivesi — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• Finnish: parkkiliemi — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• French: liqueur de tannage — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• German: Gerbbrühe — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• Hungarian: cserfőzet — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• Italian: concia — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• Italian: liquore di concia — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• Polish: brzeczka garbująca — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• Portuguese: licor de curtimenta — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• Spanish: licor de curtido — tanning liquor, tanning ooze
• Spanish: rezumadero — an oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth
• Armenian: ծորալ (coral) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Armenian: հոսել (hosel) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Armenian: կաթկթել (katʻktʻel) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Bulgarian: процеждам се (proceždam se) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Bulgarian: църцоря (cǎrcorja) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Burmese: စိမ့် (cim.) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Chinese Mandarin: 滲 /渗 (shèn) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Czech: vytékat — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Czech: mokvat — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Dutch: afscheiden — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Dutch: druppelsgewijze lekken — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Dutch: zweten — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Dutch: sijpelen — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Finnish: erittää (secrete) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Finnish: tihkua — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• French: suinter — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• French: sécréter — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Galician: segregar — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Galician: zumegar — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Georgian: ჟონავს (žonavs) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• German: sickern — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• German: durchsickern — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• German: triefen — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Greek: αναβλύζω (anavlýzo) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Hungarian: szivárog — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Hungarian: csorog — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Italian: stillare — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Japanese: 滲む (nijimu) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Macedonian: лачи (lači) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Manx: sheel — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Māori: pahī — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Māori: papī — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Māori: mama — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Norwegian Bokmål: ose — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ose — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Persian: زهیدن (zehidan) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Persian: تراویدن (tarâvidan) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Polish: sączyć się — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Polish: wyciekać — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Portuguese: escoar — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Portuguese: verter — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Portuguese: excretar — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Portuguese: segregar — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Russian: сочи́ться (sočítʹsja) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Russian: вытека́ть (vytekátʹ) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Sanskrit: गलति (galati) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Serbo-Croatian: lučiti — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Serbo-Croatian: secernirati — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Serbo-Croatian: eksudirati — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Serbo-Croatian: propuštati — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Spanish: rezumar — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Spanish: trazumar — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Swedish: sippra — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Tamil: வழி (vaḻi) — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Turkish: sızmak — intransitive: to secrete or slowly leak
• Armenian: արձակել (arjakel) — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)
• Armenian: ճառագել (čaṙagel) — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)
• Bulgarian: изпускам (izpuskam) — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)
• Finnish: huokua — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)
• Finnish: uhkua — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)
• Hungarian: áraszt — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)
• Norwegian Bokmål: ose — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ose — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)
• Persian: تراویدن (tarâvidan) — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)
• Russian: источа́ть (istočátʹ) — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)
• Spanish: rezumar — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)
• Spanish: trazumar — transitive: to give off a sense of (something)