seep
verb
[ siːp ]
• (of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes.
• "water began to seep through the soles of his boots"
Similar:
ooze,
trickle,
exude,
drip,
dribble,
flow,
issue,
discharge,
excrete,
escape,
leak,
drain,
bleed,
sweat,
well,
leach,
filter,
percolate,
permeate,
soak,
extravasate,
filtrate,
transude,
exudate,
seep
noun
• a place where petroleum or water oozes slowly out of the ground.
Origin:
late 18th century: perhaps a dialect form of Old English sīpian ‘to soak’.
