seep
to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall.
(of ideas, methods, etc.) to enter or be introduced at a slow pace: The new ideas finally seeped down to the lower echelons.
to become diffused; permeate: Fog seeped through the trees, obliterating everything.
to cause to seep; filter: The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it.
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
a small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground has oozed to the surface of the earth.
Origin of seep
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How to use seep in a sentence
Pack rats still live around La Brea, although the midden that sank into the seep obviously doesn’t have current tenants.
Rats can chronicle human history | Bethany Brookshire | September 15, 2022 | Science News For StudentsPart of the decomposition process causes bodies to bloat and blood to sometimes seep from the mouth.
But the big question is: Will some GOP crazy talk seep out between now November 4?
How Long Can the Republicans Hide The Crazy? | Dean Obeidallah | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFreedom will seep into the bedrock as we rediscover our backbone.
In other words, take a minute to really be conscious of the emotion, instead of just letting it seep in.
Send Bin Laden the Bill: Dakota Meyer on His Return From Afghanistan | Dakota Meyer | September 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
And it takes time for world events to seep into the culture.
The Inadvertent Roman-a-Clef: Not Writing a Novel About Daniel Pearl | Joshua Henkin | July 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe tendency is no sooner blocked along one channel than it begins to seep through another.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinThey wanted to make sure whether enough water would seep through to carry any of the dam material along with it.
The Panama Canal | Frederic Jennings HaskinA little below this glade was a place, shady and cool, where a seep of water came from under a bank.
Tales of lonely trails | Zane GreyThen the brook can carry away the dish-water without having it seep into the ground and find its way to mingle with the pool.
Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp | Lillian Elizabeth RoyThe fourth night from the river we camped at a small "seep" spring.
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British Dictionary definitions for seep
/ (siːp) /
(intr) to pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings; ooze
a small spring or place where water, oil, etc, has oozed through the ground
another word for seepage
Origin of seep
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