seep
/siːp/ verb C2- To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc. · Water has seeped through the roof.· The water steadily seeped in through the thirl.
- To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse. · Woe seeped through her heart thinking of what had befallen their ethnic group.· Fear began to seep into the local community over the contamination of their fishpond.
- To diminish or wane away slowly. · The resistance movement against the invaders had slowly seeped away.
- (of a crack etc.) To allow a liquid to pass through, to leak. · The crack is seeping water.
He/she/it seeps · Past seeped · Past participle seeped · -ing form seeping
Verb forms
- Base form
- seep
- He/she/it
- seeps
- Past
- seeped
- Past participle
- seeped
- -ing form
- seeping
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I urge you to wander aimlessly through the verdant expanses of Hyde Park, allowing the centuries of history to seep into your consciousness.
However, as she approached the culmination of her final commission, she realized that her own voice had inevitably seeped into the narrative.
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