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verb (used without object)

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.

verb (used with object)

to cause to seep; filter: The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it.

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noun

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.

Origin:
1780–90; perhaps variant of dial. sipe, itself perhaps continuing Old English sīpian (cognate with Middle Low German sīpen)

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After your job is secure, let the follicles folly and the truth seep out.

Any delay in the clean-up poses problems, as radioactive particles may seep into groundwater and contaminate crops.

The announcement comes after days of debate over whether the seep was a sign that the.

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After your job is secure, let the follicles folly and the truth seep out.

Any delay in the clean-up poses problems, as radioactive particles may seep into groundwater and contaminate crops.

The announcement comes after days of debate over whether the seep was a sign that the.

Bad drilling lets natural gas seep up to drinking water aquifers and wells, causing some taps to literally burn.

The poison will seep into the ground water if the animals decays in the wild.

Plants on slopes are often challenging to irrigate, since water can run downhill faster than it can seep into the root zone.

These are the types of jobs that pay decently and but don't seep into the rest of your life.

Wear them under your pants so the rain can't seep inside the gaiter and down into your boots.

The water hits the grounds and starts to seep through while small bubbles rise up to form a layer of foam in its place.

Flagstone pavers set on a gravel base with spaces between allow rainfall to seep into the soil, rather than run off into the.

And as his ideas seep into the mainstream, he could yet make the world safe for financial engineering.

Use gravel or pavement to let rain seep into the soil.

So, a landfill must not let the liquid contaminants seep into the ground water or soil.

The horizontal bands are made by allowing wet concrete to seep between the lumber that's used to make the temporary frame, which.

Some of the liquid could also seep into porous ground material.

Cold seep communities thrive on cooler, mineralized water leaking from the muddy sea floor.

But it was also possible that the fracturing process created cracks that let methane seep upwards into groundwater.

Even the easy measures to make a more efficient lifestyle have yet to really seep fully into our society.

It can poison the fish they eat, and the oil's toxins seep through the eggshells of pregnant birds, killing their embryos as well.

While it may sound strange at first, after considering international dishes, it seems blood has managed to seep into many recipes.

Instead there is a steady seep of gas in the surrounding air.

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seep (siːp)

—vb
1.	(intr) to pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings; ooze

—n
2.	a small spring or place where water, oil, etc, has oozed through the ground
3.	another word for seepage

[Old English sīpian; related to Middle High German sīfen, Swedish dialect sipa]

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seep

1790, variant of sipe (1503), possibly from O.E. sipian "to seep," from P.Gmc. *sip- (cf. M.H.G. sifen, Du. sijpelen "to ooze").

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