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