Synonyms of seeps

seeps

verb

present tense third-person singular of seep

as in drips

to flow forth slowly through small openings

water seeping through the basement walls

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drips
• percolates
• flows
• oozes
• exudes
• weeps
• bleeds
• trickles
• sweats
• transudes
• emanates
• strains
• springs
• emits
• dribbles
• gives off
• vents
• discharges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• streams
• pours
• surges
• floods
• gushes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seeps

In the heart of urban Los Angeles lie the La Brea Tar Pits, a group of natural asphalt seeps made famous by the millions of ice age fossils preserved within the bubbling, dark pools of goo. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Basically, color bleeding is when the dye of clothes seeps into the water during a wash cycles and stains other clothes in the load. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

Olive oil seeps into each layer, adding a subtle fruitiness and welcome richness. — Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026

The ground sometimes stank of the stuff, with open ponds that finally were ordered covered, with spills and seeps from wells and tanks that hinted at the long plumes of oily stuff underground. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Gas seeps out of the magma and diffuses into the atmosphere, in theory enriching it in oxygen, silicon hydride and silicon monoxide, while going the other way the magma absorbs ammonia, methane and water vapor from the atmosphere. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 July 2026

That process is called carbonation, in which carbon dioxide from the air seeps into the concrete and reacts with calcium-rich compounds, leaving behind calcite, a hard crystalline mineral. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 11 July 2026

When cracks form in Roman concrete, water seeps in and dissolves calcium from the lime clasts. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

Not in a dangerous way, but as blood moves through your smallest vessels, some of the fluid seeps out into surrounding tissue. — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026