I. ˈsēp intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: alteration of sipe, from Middle English sipen, from Old English sipian; akin to Middle Low German sipen to seep
1. : to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze
water had seeped in through a crack in the ceiling
2.
a. : to enter or penetrate slowly
some change gradually seeped into these regions — G.R.Willey
b. : to become diffused or spread : permeate
a sadness seeped through his being — Agnes S. Turnbull
fear of the plague seeps like a miasma through the very air of this story — Jean S. Untermeyer
3. : to become lost or dissipated by a gradual process : leak
speeches and other tokens of immediate vitality seep away into a colorless feeling of merely belonging — Edward Sapir
II. noun
( -s )
1.
a. : a spot where a fluid (as water, oil, or gas) contained in the ground oozes slowly to the surface and often forms a pool
b. : a small spring
2. : seepage
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: blend of sea and jeep
: an amphibious jeep