|
|
1. (v.i.) seep
to pass, flow, or ooze gradually, as through a porous substance.
2. seep
to become diffused; permeate.
3. (v.t.) seep
to cause to seep; filter.
4. (n.) seep
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
5. seep
a small spring, pool, or the like, where liquid from the ground has oozed to the surface.
Etymology: (1780–90; perh. var. of dial. sipe, itself perh. continuing OE sīpian (c. MLG sīpen))
|
| Definition of 'seep' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (verb) seep, ooze
pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
|
|
|
1. (verb) seep
(of gas, liquid, or light) to move gradually
moisture seeping into the soil; daylight seeping through the curtains
|
| Definition of 'seep' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (verb) seep
alt. of Sipe
|
|
|
Sense: (of liquids) to flow slowly eg through a very small opening
Blood seeped out through the bandage round his head; All his confidence seeped away.
|
 Afrikaans: uitlek |
 Arabic: يَنِزُّ، يَرْشَح، يَسيلُ |
 Bulgarian: просмуквам се |
 Brazilian: verter |
 Czech: prosakovat, mizet |
 German: (ver)sickern |
 Danish: sive |
 Greek: διαρρέω, διαποτίζω, στάζω |
 Spanish: filtrar |
 Estonian: immitsema |
 Farsi: تراوش كردن |
 Finnish: tihkua |
 French: filtrer |
 Hebrew: לְחַלחֵל |
 Hindi: रिसना |
 Croatian: iscuriti, cijediti se |
 Hungarian: (át-, el-, be)szivárog |
 Indonesian: merembes |
 Icelandic: seytla, vætla |
 Italian: filtrare; gocciolare |
 Japanese: しみ出る |
 Korean: 새어 나오다, 새어 나가다 |
 Lithuanian: sunktis |
 Latvian: []sūkties; mazināties; no |
 Malay: meresap |
 Dutch: sijpelen |
 Norwegian: sive |
 Polish: sączyć (się) |
 Persian: تراوش كردن |
 Pashto: څڅېدل، بهېدل |
 Portuguese: verter |
 Romanian: a se prelinge |
 Russian: просачиваться; постепенно |
 Slovak: presakovať; zmiznúť |
 Slovenian: curljati |
 Serbian: curiti |
 Swedish: sippra, droppa, läcka, fö |
 Thai: ซึมออกมา |
 Turkish: sızmak |
 Taiwanese: 滲出 |
 Ukrainian: просочуватися; поступово |
 Urdu: رسنا |
 Vietnamese: thấm qua |
 Chinese: 渗出 |
Get even more translations for seep...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'seep' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of seep 
