Seep

Quick meaning: Seep is a verb meaning (intransitive) To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.

Meaning

(intransitive) To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, figurative) To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.
2. (intransitive, figurative) To diminish or wane away slowly.
3. (transitive) (of a crack etc.) To allow a liquid to pass through, to leak.
4. (Scotland) To soak.
5. Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
6. The seeping away of a liquid, etc.
7. A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping.

Example Sentences

The crack is seeping water.

Water has seeped through the roof.

The water steadily seeped in through the thirl.

If the crack is seeping water, the foam totally stops the leakage.

Word Forms

• seeps
• seeping
• seeped

Synonyms for seep

Depending on context, synonyms include leak, ooze.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ooze, trickle, percolate, filter, osmose, infiltrate.

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