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seep

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seep  (sp)
intr.v. seeped, seep·ing, seeps
1. To pass slowly through small openings or pores; ooze.
2. To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually.
n.
1. A spot where water or petroleum trickles out of the ground to form a pool.
2. Seepage.

[Alteration of dialectal sipe.]

seep [siːp]
vb
(intr) to pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings; ooze
n
1. a small spring or place where water, oil, etc., has oozed through the ground
2. another word for seepage
[Old English sīpian; related to Middle High German sīfen, Swedish dialect sipa]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.seep - pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

seep
verb ooze, well, leak, soak, bleed, weep, trickle, leach, exude, permeate, percolate Radioactive water had seeped into underground reservoirs.
Translations
seep [siːp] VIfiltrarse
to seep through/into/fromfiltrarse or colarse por/en/de
seep away VI + ADVescurrirse
seep in VI + ADVfiltrarse
seep out VI + ADVescurrirse

seep [ˈsiːp] vis'infiltrer
The petrol fumes seeped into the cab → Les vapeurs d'essences s'infiltraient dans la cabine.

seep
visickern; to seep through somethingdurch etw durchsickern; to seep into somethingin etw (acc)hineinsickern

seep [siːp] vi to seep (through/from/into)filtrare (attraverso/da/in or dentro)
seep away vi + advscolare a poco a poco
seep in vi + advinfiltrarsi
seep out vi + advtrapelare

seep [siːp] vi to seep (through/from/into)filtrare (attraverso/da/in or dentro)
seep away vi + advscolare a poco a poco
seep in vi + advinfiltrarsi
seep out vi + advtrapelare

seep
v seep [siːp]
(of liquids) to flow slowly eg through a very small opening Blood seeped out through the bandage round his head; All his confidence seeped away. uitlek يَنِزُّ، يَرْشَح، يَسيلُ بِبُطء просмуквам се prosakovat, mizet sive (ver)sickern διαρρέω, διαποτίζω, στάζω filtrar immitsema تراوش كردن tihkua filtrer לְחַלחֵל रिसना iscuriti, cijediti se (át-, el-, be)szivárog merembes seytla, vætla filtrare; gocciolare しみ出る 새어 나오다, 새어 나가다 sunktis []sūkties; mazināties; noplūst meresap sijpelen sive sączyć (się) verter a se prelinge просачиваться; постепенно исчезать presakovať; zmiznúť curljati curiti sippra, droppa, läcka, försvinna ซึมออกมา sızmak 滲出 просочуватися; поступово щезати رسنا thấm qua


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