ouse

/AW1 S/
noun
  1. 1

    Various rivers in England.

  2. 2

    River Ouse, Yorkshire: A river in North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.

  3. 3

    River Ouse, Sussex: A river in both West Sussex and East Sussex.

  4. 4

    River Great Ouse, Northamptonshire and East Anglia.

  5. 5

    River Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse.

  6. 6

    A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia.

verb
  1. 1

    Dated form of ooze. [(intransitive, sometimes figurative) To be secreted or slowly leak.]