Seeping

Word SEEPING
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Definitions and meanings of "Seeping"

What do we mean by seeping?

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

To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.

To diminish or wane away slowly.

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The word "seeping" in example sentences

Radioactive steam has been seeping from a pipe that is part the plant's emergency cooling system. ❋ John Odum (2010)

I did get word, late last night, that a certain seeping, pustulent herpes sore of a woman who is 77.9% responsible for my finally having had enough of Second Life is now trying to insinuate her way into an acquaintances sim. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2009)

There was also apple pie fresh that morning from the camp kitchen, potatoes and onions to boil, a cucumber on the side, and a big pot of cowboy coffee hot enough so I stopped worrying about the rain seeping around my shirt collar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He lay against the stone wall, blood seeping from a wound at the back of his head. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then he turned and headed down the hallway toward the sliver of light seeping from a crack in the bedroom door. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I was goin to make a comment about plankton seeping from the whales mouth, decided it was to grubby though. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Explain to me what you can extract from that paragraph or even the whole article about the effect of methane seeping from a crack in the ocean floor. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Swiftly comes the deprecating simile: "like foam seeping from a fire extinguisher". ❋ Unknown (2004)

It just doesn’t say anything about the effects on the atmosphere, much less how it relates to global warming, of methane seeping from a crack on the ocean floor. ❋ Unknown (2006)

However, there have been broad reports of "seepage" away from the site, as pressure builds on the capped well, the oil may be leaking -- sorry, "seeping" -- elsewhere in the Gulf. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While it's become typical to see "LOL" and "JK" pop up in text messages and Internet chat sessions, teachers are also finding text slang seeping into their students' written work. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Do you find these words kind of seeping into your own vocabulary? ❋ Unknown (2010)

On the Iowa side of the river, in Burlington where Sean Callebs is, there's concerns there because some parts of that levee system there are some boils, meaning the water is kind of seeping through in spots. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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