SEEP

[verb] [I usually + adverb or preposition] - to move or spread slowly and gradually from one place to anotherThe level of nitrates and pesticides in water supplies increases as chemicals seep out of the farmland.The foul-smelling flood water seeped into the room and we used blankets as a makeshift dam.The seawater seeped through the pebbles.The suburbs of the city continue to seep into the surrounding rural areas. [I usually + adverb or preposition]Given the intense secrecy of the arms business, information only seeps out in company literature. [I usually + adverb or preposition]