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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024seep /sip/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to flow or ooze slowly, as through small openings.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024seep (sēp),USA pronunciation v.i. - 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.
v.t. - to cause to seep;
filter:The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it.
n. - 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.
- perh. variant of dialect, dialectal sipe, itself perh. continuing Old English sīpian (cognate with Middle Low German sīpen) 1780–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: seep /siːp/ vb - (intransitive) to pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings; ooze
n - a small spring or place where water, oil, etc, has oozed through the ground
Etymology: Old English sīpian; related to Middle High German sīfen, Swedish dialect sipa |