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Seep Water Leak Word Liquid Unwanted Siːp V.渗入

Front seep
Pron [siːp]
Back 【seep】
v.渗入 n.seepage
They used waterproof cement to prevent water from seeping through the roof the tunnel.
他们用防水的水泥阻止水从坑道的顶上渗入。
Vocab
seeppass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

Seep means to leak slowly. When you see the word, imagine water coming in through your sneakers on a rainy day. It's not a lot of water, but your feet still get pretty wet.

The word seep is related to the Dutch word for ooze. Oil seeps from the earth and blood seeps from a wound. Seep falls somewhere between gush and drip on a scale of how liquid flows and suggests a liquid that is thick, and unwanted. In the figurative sense, some things that seep, like bad thoughts that seep into your mind, are also unwanted. But sometimes you wish that the flow would increase like when financial aid only seeps into a disaster zone.

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