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verb (used without object) 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. Show More
to cause to seep; filter: The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it. Show More
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. Show More
Origin of seep 1780–90; perhaps variant of dial. sipe, itself perhaps continuing Old English sīpian (cognate with Middle Low German sīpen )
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Related Words for seeping permeate ,
drain ,
soak ,
flow ,
ooze ,
percolate ,
trickle ,
bleed ,
well ,
drip ,
sweat ,
transude ,
weep ,
exude Examples from the Web for seeping Contemporary Examples of seeping Seeping through these explanations are the idiosyncrasies and livelihoods of their authors.
What a demon, a behemoth, evil just seems to be seeping through him.
Outside the walls, and seeping down nearby streets, are dozens of photogenic and thought-provoking visions.
After roasting, hand-grinding the beans and seeping the grinds, he hands out steaming cups.
We love the chicken on a pallet of herby, slightly sweet cornbread dressing, which imbibes all the seeping juices.
Historical Examples of seeping And strange stories were seeping into the press of the world.
Danny felt warm wetness where the blood was seeping from his ribs.
He closed his eyes as he felt the life—or whatever it was—seeping out of him.
Blood, seeping from it, had dribbled down his cheek and stained his collar.
Blood, seeping from a gash across his forehead, blinded him.
British Dictionary definitions for seeping (intr) to pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings; ooze Show More
a small spring or place where water, oil, etc, has oozed through the ground another word for seepage Show More
Word Origin for seep Old English sīpian; related to Middle High German sīfen, Swedish dialect sipa
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Word Origin and History for seeping v. 1790, variant of sipe (c.1500), possibly from Old English sipian "to seep," from Proto-Germanic *sip- (cf. Middle High German sifen , Dutch sijpelen "to ooze"), from PIE root *seib- "to pour out, drip, trickle" (see soap (n.)). Related: Seeped ; seeping .
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