SEEP


Meaning of SEEP in English

■ verb (of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes.

■ noun N. Amer. a place where petroleum or water ~s out of the ground.

Derivatives

~age noun

Origin

C18: perh. a dialect form of OE sīpian 'to soak'.

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