verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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Here, the hours seep away like draining rain.
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We all imagine some invisible sub stance seeping away at death.
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There is a sense of all rational control or deliberation seeping away or being under much less deliberative control.
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They argue that unseemly haggling with Congress will allow the momentum of the referendum victory to seep away .
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It would take months, perhaps a year, for such strength to seep away .
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The lock had been built on quicksand, and gave continual trouble as the ground subsided and water seeped away .
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Then slowly the tension began to seep away .
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I had grown more and more tired, energy seeped away and I had begun to sweat at night.
down
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Water seeps down through the limestone, carrying along tiny deposits of the rock it's washing away.
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Hopefully, it seeps down to your bones and then you can portray somebody like this accurately and as realistically as possible.
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You can often see translucent curtain formations - where water has seeped down a sloping, overhanging wall.
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Heat entered the flat through the walls and windows, seeped down from the tar roof.
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The congealing blood from the severed arteries of the snow-soaked head drenching the carpet and seeping down between the floor boards.
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The rain seeps down through the snow and forms a bit of terra firma when the temperature plummets.
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His trousers were ripped and the blood seeped down his leg from the gash inches above his knee.
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We shivered; the rain was getting colder, seeping down our backs and numbing our hands and feet.
in
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When he closed them behind him, the noise of traffic seeped in .
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The muted reaction is a measure of how deeply the degradation has seeped in .
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It seemed to be seeping in from all sides, but how?
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Cold air seeped in through the shattered window with a moan.
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Metazoans are virtually absent except in some of the lakes where fresh water seeps in at the edges.
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A draft of cool air seeping in around my feet and calves.
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A faint, stale aroma like the residue of sweat - the city's stench seeping in .
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It also had a smoking room, which was furnished with one electric light and pressurised to prevent hydrogen seeping in .
out
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Sticky pools and channels of drink were seeping out through the gaps in the floorboards on to the sand beneath the kiosk.
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As I soaked in the hot pool, I felt the weeks of accumulated tear-gas residue seeping out of my pores.
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Slowly, though, word is seeping out .
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Dark was seeping out of the rock and it was difficult to see the steps ahead.
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It was as if his mind was a leaking vessel, his sanity seeping out like water.
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The smell of death seeped out of the zippered pouches and made the living retch.
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Prestige and power have seeped out of professions as women joined them.
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However, since nothing substantial has seeped out in this porous capital, that's doubtful.
through
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The techniques of the coffee table brigade were seeping through into academia, which was no bad thing.
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But hope seeped through and stained you anyway.
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Inside is a plastic platform which is perforated to allow liquids to seep through to the tank in the bottom.
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She didn't move away but allowed the small pressure to seep through to her very soul where it nestled comfortably.
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The door that Fenella had indicated was the one with ill-fitting seams that permitted the red glow to seep through .
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Then the water had gradually seeped through , so it was normal again.
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Jean-Claude's less assured tones seeped through .
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And what form would the Evil take, as it came seeping through ?
■ NOUN
blood
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He felt blood seeping into his shoe.
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They tried to loosen them but failed. Blood began to seep from his hands.
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Then she stopped dead in her tracks, the blood seeping from her veins, leaving her stiff and white with shock.
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His skull had been kicked in and the dark blood seeped out, mingling with the grey sludge of his brains.
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Red on the bandage where blood has seeped through.
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His trousers were ripped and the blood seeped down his leg from the gash inches above his knee.
water
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Rain water had slowly seeped through the top section and dropped on to the inner.
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The lock had been built on quicksand, and gave continual trouble as the ground subsided and water seeped away.
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The water seeping around the abutment of the Saint Francis Dam was brown.
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How far into the water table have they seeped ?
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It was a telltale sign that water was seeping through the canyon walls, softening the mica shale and conglomerate abutment.
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You can often see translucent curtain formations - where water has seeped down a sloping, overhanging wall.
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Then the water had gradually seeped through, so it was normal again.
■ VERB
begin
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Nagging unease began to seep into Delaney's weary bones.
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But as trickles of news began to seep through the court, detailing the king's every move, she welcomed them.
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The rain, still fresh on the grass, began to seep through the soles of his boots.
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Then slowly the tension began to seep away.
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Blood began to seep from his hands.
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The art begins to seep deep into his psychological being.
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The smoke began seeping through the now closed door so Ralph hurried towards the other exit.
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She was still shivering when he finished, but the warmth gradually began to seep inwards to where her bones were chilled.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Work has seemingly seeped into everything, including dinner parties.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Inside is a plastic platform which is perforated to allow liquids to seep through to the tank in the bottom.
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Many of these molecules seeped into the initially crystal-clear whisky from the oak casks in which the liquor was aged.
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She held her pyjama bottoms up with one hand, as wakefulness seeped slowly into her head like a sunrise.
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That the turmoil was seeping into the villages disturbed Gandhi especially and he resolved to go to Noakhall.
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The car was sluggish, as if his thoughts had seeped into the car through his hands.
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The techniques of the coffee table brigade were seeping through into academia, which was no bad thing.
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They argue that unseemly haggling with Congress will allow the momentum of the referendum victory to seep away.
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They melt and seep into other dreams, gaining strength, getting wider and deeper as they flow downhill, gathering debris.