seep

IPA: sˈip

A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping.
Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
The seeping away of a liquid, etc.
A seafloor vent.

(intransitive) To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
(intransitive, figurative) To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.
(intransitive, figurative) To diminish or wane away slowly.
(transitive) (of a crack etc.) To allow a liquid to pass through, to leak.

Examples of "seep" in Sentences

One long hot breath followed by another causes clouds to seep from the bell.
As he climbed to a higher altitude, the chemical continued to seep from the plane.
Not until the late '70s, however, did the phrase seep into the American cooking vocabulary.
He paused again, letting the name seep into the minds of those assembled and waiting for the general reaction.
There are fragments of memory that seep from the short-term memory cache to the long-term memory in the recovery room as the drug wears off.
A young woman sitting next to me was confused by the word seep and wanted to know whether it was spelled 'sepe' or 'seap', but to those who are at least as smart as a fifth grader, it spells bad news.
With Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in crisis -- yes, Roger really did do nothing about the impending loss of Lucky Strike and the ever odious Lee Garner Jr. really did let word seep out sooner than his promised 30 days -- Peggy performs well by giving her previously scheduled pitch on a campaign for one of Playtex's female products.