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Definition of seep verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    seep

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//sip//
     
    [intransitive] + adv./prep.Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they seep
     
    he / she / it seeps
     
    past simple seeped
     
    -ing form seeping
     
     
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  1. 1(especially of liquids) to flow slowly and in small quantities through something or into something synonym trickle Blood was beginning to seep through the bandages. Water seeped from a crack in the pipe.
  2. 2(figurative) Gradually the pain seeped away.
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