SEEP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they seep ... he / she / it seeps

Past simple: seeped

Past participle: seeped

-ing form: seeping

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

Synonyms:

ooze; seep

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "seep" is one way to...):

course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

seepage (the process of seeping)

Credits

Context examples:

Jo Anne Val Tilburg of the University of California, Los Angeles disagreed with these findings: The existence of fresh water seeps near coastal ahu is well-known and was certainly important at European contact.

(Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources, Wikinews)

These acequias, dug out of the ground, are used by mountain stock farmers and acequieros (the individuals with expert skills in water catchment and allocation) to channel the meltwater so that it seeps down through the high part of the valleys.

(Researchers demonstrate that Sierra Nevada is home to the oldest underground water recharge system in Europe, University of Granada)

Easter Island does not have streams that run nonstop but it does have an aquifer that produces freshwater seeps of brackish but drinkable water during low tide.