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seeped

/siːpt/

Meanings
verb
To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.

Examples :

"The water steadily seeped in through the thirl."
nature environment substance process

Related Words

Illustration penetrate

penetrate verb

/ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.

"Light penetrates darkness."

Illustration contamination

contamination noun

/kənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən/

The act or process of contaminating

"The contamination of the water supply caused many people to get sick. "

Illustration diminish

diminish verb

/dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/

To make smaller.

"The heavy rain diminished the size of the garden flowers. "

Illustration openings

openings noun

/ˈoʊpənɪŋz/ /ˈoʊpnɪŋz/

An act or instance of making or becoming open.

"He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents."

Illustration through

through noun

/θɹuː/ /θɹu/

A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.

"The dry-stone wall used a large, flat through to support the top stones. "

Illustration community

community noun

/k(ə)ˈmjunəti/ /kəˈmjuːnɪti/

A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.

"The school community celebrated the end-of-year festival together. "

Illustration resistance

resistance noun

/ɹɪˈzɪstəns/

The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

"the resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics"

Illustration invaders

invaders noun

/ɪn.ˈveɪ.də(ɹ)z/

One who invades a region

"The invaders crossed the border and began to occupy the land. "

Illustration quantities

quantities noun

/ˈkwɒn.tɪ.tiz/ /ˈkwɑntɪtiz/

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

"You have to choose between quantity and quality."

Illustration movement

movement noun

/ˈmuːv.mənt/

Physical motion between points in space.

"I saw a movement in that grass on the hill."

Illustration fishpond

fishpond noun

/ˈfɪʃpɒnd/ /ˈfɪʃpɑnd/

A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food

"The monks relied on the fishpond for a steady supply of protein, supplementing their vegetarian diet. "

Illustration steadily

steadily adverb

/ˈstɛdɪli/

In a steady manner.

"The rain fell steadily throughout the night. "