[seep] 
| 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. |
| 4. | to cause to seep; filter: The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it. |
| 5. | moisture that seeps out; seepage. |
| 6. | a small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground has oozed to the surface of the earth. |
| seep (sēp) intr.v. seeped, seep·ing, seeps
[Alteration of dialectal sipe.] |