seep /siːp/verb 5noun 4forms 4 verb5 •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.The water steadily seeped in through the thirl. •(of a crack etc.) To allow a liquid to pass through, to leak.The crack is seeping water. •(figurative) To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.Woe seeped through her heart thinking of what had befallen their ethnic group.Fear began to seep into the local community over the contamination of their fishpond. •(figurative) To diminish or wane away slowly.The resistance movement against the invaders had slowly seeped away. •(Scotland) To soak.wi' the weet / We're seepit to the skin — 1844 noun4 •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. •A seafloor vent. •Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage. •The seeping away of a liquid, etc. formsseeped · seeping · seepeth · seeps
