/ siːp; NAmE / verb
[ v + adv. / prep. ] ( especially of liquids ) to flow slowly and in small quantities through sth or into sth
SYN trickle :
Blood was beginning to seep through the bandages.
Water seeped from a crack in the pipe.
( figurative )
Gradually the pain seeped away.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: perhaps a dialect form of Old English sīpian to soak .