Definition of Seep
Seep
Seep
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
To flow or leak slowly through a porous surface or small openings.
e.g. The coffee seeped through the filter into the pot.
(verb)
to gradually penetrate or pass through something in a figurative sense, to slowly spread or diffuse through something/someone;
e.g. She was afraid that the truth would seep out and everyone would learn her secret. A feeling of relief began to seep through them when they heard the news.
(noun)
an accumulation of fluid that has leaked/flowed from something, especially a place where water or gas/oil/petroleum leaks out of the ground and forms a pool on the surface;
e.g. They detected an oil seep a few feet below the surface and started to drill.
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