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seep

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Noun, Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

seepv. i. [AS. sīpan to distill.].
     To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze.  [1913 Webster]
    "Water seeps up through the sidewalks."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

seep, v. & n.
--v.intr. ooze out; percolate slowly.
--n. US a place where petroleum etc. oozes slowly out of the ground.

Etymology
perh. dial. form of OE sipian to soak

THESAURUS

seep

bleed, condense, discharge, distill, dribble, drip, dripple, drop, effuse, emit, excrete, exfiltrate, extravasate, exudate, exude, filter, filtrate, flow, give off, gurgle, leach, leak, lixiviate, ooze, percolate, reek, sew, spurtle, strain, sweat, transpire, transude, trickle, weep

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