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seep
[ seep ]
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.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to seep; filter:
The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it.
noun
- 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.
seep
/ ː /
verb
- intr to pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings; ooze
noun
- a small spring or place where water, oil, etc, has oozed through the ground
- another word for seepage
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of seep1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of seep1
Example Sentences
A second of longing is all it takes for evil to seep into the cracks of your life’s foundation.
But if you start the clock when the Cuban supergroup’s music first seeped into his soul, he’s been penning it for decades.
After World War Two ended, the chemical was dumped near the creek and left uncovered, allowing waste to seep into the area.
As England pounded Wales to a powder in the second half, the life seeped out of Cardiff's sporting cathedral.
The other two tests measure the concentration of toxic substances that seep out of solid waste when it is exposed to an acid.
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