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seep

[ seep ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance:

    Water seeps through cracks in the wall.

  2. (of ideas, methods, etc.) to enter or be introduced at a slow pace:

    The new ideas finally seeped down to the lower echelons.

  3. to become diffused; permeate:

    Fog seeped through the trees, obliterating everything.



verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to seep; filter:

    The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it.

noun

  1. moisture that seeps out; seepage.
  2. a small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground has oozed to the surface of the earth.

seep

/ ²õ¾±Ë±è /

verb

  1. intr to pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings; ooze
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a small spring or place where water, oil, etc, has oozed through the ground
  2. another word for seepage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of seep1

1780–90; perhaps variant of dial. sipe, itself perhaps continuing Old English ²õÄ«±è¾±²¹²Ô (cognate with Middle Low German ²õÄ«±è±ð²Ô )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of seep1

Old English ²õÄ«±è¾±²¹²Ô; related to Middle High German ²õÄ«´Ú±ð²Ô, Swedish dialect sipa
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“None of the horror or the trauma of it seeped into me in the way it did for some of the others.â€

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It can also make employees more productive, since financial stress can seep into their day-to-day life.

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A second of longing is all it takes for evil to seep into the cracks of your life’s foundation.

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But if you start the clock when the Cuban supergroup’s music first seeped into his soul, he’s been penning it for decades.

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After World War Two ended, the chemical was dumped near the creek and left uncovered, allowing waste to seep into the area.

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