seep

[ seep ]
See synonyms for: seepseeped on Thesaurus.com

verb (used without object)
  1. to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall.

  2. (of ideas, methods, etc.) to enter or be introduced at a slow pace: The new ideas finally seeped down to the lower echelons.

  1. to become diffused; permeate: Fog seeped through the trees, obliterating everything.

verb (used with object)
  1. to cause to seep; filter: The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it.

noun
  1. moisture that seeps out; seepage.

  2. a small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground has oozed to the surface of the earth.

Origin of seep

1
1780–90; perhaps variant of dial. sipe, itself perhaps continuing Old English sīpian (cognate with Middle Low German sīpen)

Words Nearby seep

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use seep in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for seep

seep

/ (siːp) /


verb
  1. (intr) to pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings; ooze

noun
  1. a small spring or place where water, oil, etc, has oozed through the ground

  2. another word for seepage

Origin of seep

1
Old English sīpian; related to Middle High German sīfen, Swedish dialect sipa

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012