Main Entry: ¹seep

Pronunciation: \ˈsēp\

Function: intransitive verb

Etymology: alteration of earlier sipe, from Middle English sipen, from Old English sipian; akin to Middle Low German sipen to seep

Date: 1790

1 : to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze <water seeped in through a crack>
2 a : to enter or penetrate slowly <fear of nuclear war had seeped into the national consciousness — Tip O'Neill> b : to become diffused or spread <a sadness seeped through his being — Agnes S. Turnbull>