Definition of seep in English:

seep

verb siːpsip

no object, with adverbial of direction (of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes.
water began to seep through the soles of his boots
Example sentencesExamples
- I have lived in rented accommodation where we welcomed the rain seeping through the ceiling because it discouraged the rats.
- There was a large area of pinkish wet seeping through the bandage.
- The water seeped into the main bar area, covering about a 10 metre square space.
- Blood was slowly seeping out of his body.
- Lee got irritated as she saw blood seeping out of a gash on her hand.
- Water seeping into exposed pores allows for frost action.
- A popular tourist attraction at Mistley has been damaged by water seeping into the walls.
- He knew he was bleeding by the wetness seeping down his leg, but he lacked the will to check out his injury.
- Water was seeping through the crack in the windshield.
- Water seeped into deep holes he dug, enough to quench thirst for another few days.
- Water seeped into her knee-high boots, and completely soaked her socks.
- Water is said to be seeping into the basement and the foundation may well be threatened.
- Oil has seeped into the water table, and air pollution is a serious problem.
- When you remove the ring after completing the layering you'll have a pretty pool of green oil seeping out from the edge.
- As the mist seeped back into the ground, the rest of the house slowly returned to normal.
- Blood had seeped through the makeshift bandage, soaking it through.
- He later realised liquid was seeping from her mouth, and called an ambulance at about 3pm.
- Her television and video exploded last week as water seeped into the house.
- He couldn't even sense the cold and wetness seeping through his clothes.
- Water seeped from ruptured pipes and corrugated iron dangled from the roofs of the damaged shops.
Synonyms
ooze, trickle, exude, drip, dribble, flow, issue, discharge, excrete, escape, leak, drain, bleed, sweat, well, leach, filter, percolate, permeate, soak
Medicine extravasate
rare filtrate, transude, exudate

noun siːpsip

North American

A place where petroleum or water oozes slowly out of the ground.
Example sentencesExamples
- Underwater seeps in the Santa Barbara Channel and Santa Monica Bay have deposited tar over area beaches.
- Crystal Bench is a wet meadow below a series of small seeps feeding an intermittent stream that is usually dry by August.
- As you drive west toward the coast, seeps and springs in the ravines form small braided waterfalls, full of their own monsoon song.
- Subterranean species are difficult to monitor since they appear seasonally and sporadically in seeps and springs or may not appear even during high water flows.
- So far the oil from the birds has matched, but that oil has not matched any known natural seeps or other reported incidents.
- The wetlands, its seeps and its marshes are jealousy maintained and protected from all disturbance.
- Natural hydrocarbon seeps are another local pollution hazard.
- Some creeks or river reaches are fed by springs or groundwater seeps.
- In seeps where the water supply is low, burros can consume the entire amounts.
- There was evidence of intermittent spring seeps and seasonal streams nearby.
- On the continents seeps create brine pools, mud volcanoes and other local features.
- The valley's boggy areas, seeps, and ponderosa-pine forests are home to more than 500 kinds of plants.
- A lone cottonwood on the plains might mark a hillside seep or a spot where the water table was within digging distance.
- The stable isotope composition of the first and second stages of the worm tube carbonates is similar to that of carbonates from modern petroleum seeps.
- Indeed, nearly all oil in seawater traces to natural seeps or to human activities creating diffuse releases.
- They breed in alpine areas, near seeps, streams, lakes, or wet meadows.

Origin

Late 18th century: perhaps a dialect form of Old English sīpian 'to soak'.

Rhymes

asleep, beep, bleep, cheap, cheep, creep, deep, heap, Jeep, keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep

Definition of seep in US English:

seep

verbsēpsip

no object, with adverbial of direction (of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes.
water began to seep through the soles of his boots
Example sentencesExamples
- Her television and video exploded last week as water seeped into the house.
- Water seeping into exposed pores allows for frost action.
- He couldn't even sense the cold and wetness seeping through his clothes.
- Water is said to be seeping into the basement and the foundation may well be threatened.
- Water was seeping through the crack in the windshield.
- Lee got irritated as she saw blood seeping out of a gash on her hand.
- He knew he was bleeding by the wetness seeping down his leg, but he lacked the will to check out his injury.
- He later realised liquid was seeping from her mouth, and called an ambulance at about 3pm.
- Water seeped from ruptured pipes and corrugated iron dangled from the roofs of the damaged shops.
- A popular tourist attraction at Mistley has been damaged by water seeping into the walls.
- When you remove the ring after completing the layering you'll have a pretty pool of green oil seeping out from the edge.
- I have lived in rented accommodation where we welcomed the rain seeping through the ceiling because it discouraged the rats.
- Water seeped into deep holes he dug, enough to quench thirst for another few days.
- Blood had seeped through the makeshift bandage, soaking it through.
- Oil has seeped into the water table, and air pollution is a serious problem.
- Water seeped into her knee-high boots, and completely soaked her socks.
- There was a large area of pinkish wet seeping through the bandage.
- As the mist seeped back into the ground, the rest of the house slowly returned to normal.
- Blood was slowly seeping out of his body.
- The water seeped into the main bar area, covering about a 10 metre square space.
Synonyms
ooze, trickle, exude, drip, dribble, flow, issue, discharge, excrete, escape, leak, drain, bleed, sweat, well, leach, filter, percolate, permeate, soak

nounsēpsip

North American

A place where petroleum or water oozes slowly out of the ground.
Example sentencesExamples
- Underwater seeps in the Santa Barbara Channel and Santa Monica Bay have deposited tar over area beaches.
- The stable isotope composition of the first and second stages of the worm tube carbonates is similar to that of carbonates from modern petroleum seeps.
- Crystal Bench is a wet meadow below a series of small seeps feeding an intermittent stream that is usually dry by August.
- In seeps where the water supply is low, burros can consume the entire amounts.
- Indeed, nearly all oil in seawater traces to natural seeps or to human activities creating diffuse releases.
- On the continents seeps create brine pools, mud volcanoes and other local features.
- A lone cottonwood on the plains might mark a hillside seep or a spot where the water table was within digging distance.
- So far the oil from the birds has matched, but that oil has not matched any known natural seeps or other reported incidents.
- Natural hydrocarbon seeps are another local pollution hazard.
- As you drive west toward the coast, seeps and springs in the ravines form small braided waterfalls, full of their own monsoon song.
- Subterranean species are difficult to monitor since they appear seasonally and sporadically in seeps and springs or may not appear even during high water flows.
- There was evidence of intermittent spring seeps and seasonal streams nearby.
- They breed in alpine areas, near seeps, streams, lakes, or wet meadows.
- Some creeks or river reaches are fed by springs or groundwater seeps.
- The valley's boggy areas, seeps, and ponderosa-pine forests are home to more than 500 kinds of plants.
- The wetlands, its seeps and its marshes are jealousy maintained and protected from all disturbance.

Origin

Late 18th century: perhaps a dialect form of Old English sīpian ‘to soak’.

单词	seep
释义	Definition of seep in English: seep verb siːpsip no object, with adverbial of direction (of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes. water began to seep through the soles of his boots Example sentencesExamples I have lived in rented accommodation where we welcomed the rain seeping through the ceiling because it discouraged the rats. There was a large area of pinkish wet seeping through the bandage. The water seeped into the main bar area, covering about a 10 metre square space. Blood was slowly seeping out of his body. Lee got irritated as she saw blood seeping out of a gash on her hand. Water seeping into exposed pores allows for frost action. A popular tourist attraction at Mistley has been damaged by water seeping into the walls. He knew he was bleeding by the wetness seeping down his leg, but he lacked the will to check out his injury. Water was seeping through the crack in the windshield. Water seeped into deep holes he dug, enough to quench thirst for another few days. Water seeped into her knee-high boots, and completely soaked her socks. Water is said to be seeping into the basement and the foundation may well be threatened. Oil has seeped into the water table, and air pollution is a serious problem. When you remove the ring after completing the layering you'll have a pretty pool of green oil seeping out from the edge. As the mist seeped back into the ground, the rest of the house slowly returned to normal. Blood had seeped through the makeshift bandage, soaking it through. He later realised liquid was seeping from her mouth, and called an ambulance at about 3pm. Her television and video exploded last week as water seeped into the house. He couldn't even sense the cold and wetness seeping through his clothes. Water seeped from ruptured pipes and corrugated iron dangled from the roofs of the damaged shops. Synonyms ooze, trickle, exude, drip, dribble, flow, issue, discharge, excrete, escape, leak, drain, bleed, sweat, well, leach, filter, percolate, permeate, soak Medicine extravasate rare filtrate, transude, exudate noun siːpsip North American A place where petroleum or water oozes slowly out of the ground. Example sentencesExamples Underwater seeps in the Santa Barbara Channel and Santa Monica Bay have deposited tar over area beaches. Crystal Bench is a wet meadow below a series of small seeps feeding an intermittent stream that is usually dry by August. As you drive west toward the coast, seeps and springs in the ravines form small braided waterfalls, full of their own monsoon song. Subterranean species are difficult to monitor since they appear seasonally and sporadically in seeps and springs or may not appear even during high water flows. So far the oil from the birds has matched, but that oil has not matched any known natural seeps or other reported incidents. The wetlands, its seeps and its marshes are jealousy maintained and protected from all disturbance. Natural hydrocarbon seeps are another local pollution hazard. Some creeks or river reaches are fed by springs or groundwater seeps. In seeps where the water supply is low, burros can consume the entire amounts. There was evidence of intermittent spring seeps and seasonal streams nearby. On the continents seeps create brine pools, mud volcanoes and other local features. The valley's boggy areas, seeps, and ponderosa-pine forests are home to more than 500 kinds of plants. A lone cottonwood on the plains might mark a hillside seep or a spot where the water table was within digging distance. The stable isotope composition of the first and second stages of the worm tube carbonates is similar to that of carbonates from modern petroleum seeps. Indeed, nearly all oil in seawater traces to natural seeps or to human activities creating diffuse releases. They breed in alpine areas, near seeps, streams, lakes, or wet meadows. Origin Late 18th century: perhaps a dialect form of Old English sīpian 'to soak'. Rhymes asleep, beep, bleep, cheap, cheep, creep, deep, heap, Jeep, keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep Definition of seep in US English: seep verbsēpsip no object, with adverbial of direction (of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes. water began to seep through the soles of his boots Example sentencesExamples Her television and video exploded last week as water seeped into the house. Water seeping into exposed pores allows for frost action. He couldn't even sense the cold and wetness seeping through his clothes. Water is said to be seeping into the basement and the foundation may well be threatened. Water was seeping through the crack in the windshield. Lee got irritated as she saw blood seeping out of a gash on her hand. He knew he was bleeding by the wetness seeping down his leg, but he lacked the will to check out his injury. He later realised liquid was seeping from her mouth, and called an ambulance at about 3pm. Water seeped from ruptured pipes and corrugated iron dangled from the roofs of the damaged shops. A popular tourist attraction at Mistley has been damaged by water seeping into the walls. When you remove the ring after completing the layering you'll have a pretty pool of green oil seeping out from the edge. I have lived in rented accommodation where we welcomed the rain seeping through the ceiling because it discouraged the rats. Water seeped into deep holes he dug, enough to quench thirst for another few days. Blood had seeped through the makeshift bandage, soaking it through. Oil has seeped into the water table, and air pollution is a serious problem. Water seeped into her knee-high boots, and completely soaked her socks. There was a large area of pinkish wet seeping through the bandage. As the mist seeped back into the ground, the rest of the house slowly returned to normal. Blood was slowly seeping out of his body. The water seeped into the main bar area, covering about a 10 metre square space. Synonyms ooze, trickle, exude, drip, dribble, flow, issue, discharge, excrete, escape, leak, drain, bleed, sweat, well, leach, filter, percolate, permeate, soak nounsēpsip North American A place where petroleum or water oozes slowly out of the ground. Example sentencesExamples Underwater seeps in the Santa Barbara Channel and Santa Monica Bay have deposited tar over area beaches. The stable isotope composition of the first and second stages of the worm tube carbonates is similar to that of carbonates from modern petroleum seeps. Crystal Bench is a wet meadow below a series of small seeps feeding an intermittent stream that is usually dry by August. In seeps where the water supply is low, burros can consume the entire amounts. Indeed, nearly all oil in seawater traces to natural seeps or to human activities creating diffuse releases. On the continents seeps create brine pools, mud volcanoes and other local features. A lone cottonwood on the plains might mark a hillside seep or a spot where the water table was within digging distance. So far the oil from the birds has matched, but that oil has not matched any known natural seeps or other reported incidents. Natural hydrocarbon seeps are another local pollution hazard. As you drive west toward the coast, seeps and springs in the ravines form small braided waterfalls, full of their own monsoon song. Subterranean species are difficult to monitor since they appear seasonally and sporadically in seeps and springs or may not appear even during high water flows. There was evidence of intermittent spring seeps and seasonal streams nearby. They breed in alpine areas, near seeps, streams, lakes, or wet meadows. Some creeks or river reaches are fed by springs or groundwater seeps. The valley's boggy areas, seeps, and ponderosa-pine forests are home to more than 500 kinds of plants. The wetlands, its seeps and its marshes are jealousy maintained and protected from all disturbance. Origin Late 18th century: perhaps a dialect form of Old English sīpian ‘to soak’.
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