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Seeps

A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping.

📖 Definitions of "Seeps"

noun

1
A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping.
2
Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
3
The seeping away of a liquid, etc.
4
A seafloor vent.

verb

1
To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
"The water steadily seeped in through the thirl."
2
To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.
"Fear began to seep into the local community over the contamination of their fishpond."
3
To diminish or wane away slowly.
"The resistance movement against the invaders had slowly seeped away."

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