transcription, транскрипция: [ si:p ]
( seeps, seeping, seeped)
1.
If something such as liquid or gas seeps somewhere, it flows slowly and in small amounts into a place where it should not go.
Radioactive water had seeped into underground reservoirs...
The gas is seeping out of the rocks...
VERB : V prep / adv , V prep / adv
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Seep is also a noun.
...an oil seep.
N-COUNT
2.
If something such as secret information or an unpleasant emotion seeps somewhere, it comes out gradually.
...the tide of racism which is sweeping Europe seeps into Britain.
VERB : V prep / adv