SEEP


Meaning of SEEP in English

/seep/ , v.i.

1. to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall.

2. (of ideas, methods, etc.) to enter or be introduced at a slow pace: The new ideas finally seeped down to the lower echelons.

3. to become diffused; permeate: Fog seeped through the trees, obliterating everything.

v.t.

4. to cause to seep; filter: The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it.

n.

5. moisture that seeps out; seepage.

6. a small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground has oozed to the surface of the earth.

[ 1780-90; perh. var. of dial. sipe, itself perh. continuing OE sipian (c. MLG sipen ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .