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Definition of seep
intransitive verb
1 : to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze water seeped in through a crack
2a : to enter or penetrate slowly fear of nuclear war had seeped into the national consciousness — Tip O'Neillb : to become diffused or spread a sadness seeped through his being — Agnes S. Turnbull
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Examples of seep in a Sentence
Blood was seeping through the bandage.
The chemicals seeped into the ground.
Recent Examples of seep from the Web
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Blue Apron initially aimed to go public with a valuation of as much as $3.2 billion, but investors weren’t willing to pay up as concerns about competition from a combined Amazon-Whole Foods seeped into the market.
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During that process, pollutants seep into both the water and air, killing aquatic life and making water unsafe to drink in some cases.
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In the kitchen, a painting seeps blue, white and light brown colors together, matching that of a marble slab.
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The initial, and most obvious, idea was that this was a predator trap like the La Brea asphalt seeps.
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Traces of the chemicals — measured in parts per trillion — apparently seeped into groundwater.
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Around the U.S., cross-party battles between governors and attorneys general are heating up in what some observers see as another sign of increasingly divisive national politics seeping into state offices.
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OAKLAND — Gregg Popovich’s tentacles are spread all over the NBA, seeping into almost every organization.
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French human rights and civil liberties activist Yasser Louati says many of Le Penn’s ideas have long been seeping into the mainstream of French politics.
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Origin and Etymology of seep
alteration of earlier sipe, from Middle English sipen, from Old English sipian; akin to Middle Low German sipen to seep
Recent Examples of seep from the Web
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Even still, microscopic bits of air seep in through the cork and help the wine evolve.
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Today, smaller seeps (vertical lines) still bubble up around the craters.
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The seep lies in the eastern foothills of the Kittatinny Mountain Range in Sussex County.
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Walk along the beaches of this Southern California city and chances are, tar will stick to your feet from the natural seeps.
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Recent expeditions to the canyons have identified several new methane cold seeps on the seafloor—rare habitat for chemosynthetic species that survive in darkness and harness chemical energy from the methane.
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First Known Use of seep
1824
SEEP Defined for English Language Learners
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: to flow or pass slowly through small openings in something
SEEP Defined for Kids
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seeped
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: to flow slowly through small openings Water seeped into the basement.
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