seep
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seep
- /siːp/
Rhymes with -iːp
Where it comes from
Variant of sipe, from Middle English *sipen, from Old English sipian, from Proto-Germanic *sipōną, derivative of *sīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *sib- (“to pour out, drip, trickle”).
See also Middle Dutch sīpen (“to drip”), German Low German siepern (“to seep”), archaic German seifen (“to trickle blood”); also Latin sēbum (“suet, tallow”), Ancient Greek εἴβω (eíbō, “to drop, drip”)). See soap.
verb seeps · seeping · seeped
- To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc. Water has seeped through the roof.
- To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse. Woe seeped through her heart thinking of what had befallen their ethnic group.
- To diminish or wane away slowly. The resistance movement against the invaders had slowly seeped away.
- (of a crack etc.) To allow a liquid to pass through, to leak. The crack is seeping water.
- To soak. wi' the weet / We're seepit to the skin
Similar: leak
noun seeps
- 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.
- Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
- The seeping away of a liquid, etc.
- A seafloor vent. Another idea was that filamentous bacteria covering the hairs [of the Yeti crab] would either neutralize gases emitted from the vent or serve the crab directly as a food source. And this last idea received support when a second species of Yeti crab was discovered on cold seeps on the deep-sea floor
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verb
Similar: leak
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verb to ooze through pores
| Español | rezumar, trazumar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | にじみ出る nijimideru |
| 中文 | 渗出 shènchū |
| Português | escoar |
| Français | suinter, s'exfiltrer |
| Deutsch | durchsickern |
| Italiano | infiltrarsi, trasudare, penetrare |
| Русский | сочи́ться sočítʹsja, проса́чиваться prosáčivatʹsja, просочи́ться prosočítʹsja |
noun a place where water seeps out of the ground
| Español | fuente, emanación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | にじみ nijimi |
| Português | jazida |
| Italiano | sorgente |
noun a seepage
| Español | filtración |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | にじみ nijimi |
| Português | infiltração |
| Italiano | infiltrazione |
Talk about this word "seep." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/seep. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. seep. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/seep "seep." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/seep.Cite this
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title = {seep},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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