seep

Meanings

Plural: seeps

Verb

pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
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.
(of a crack etc.) To allow a liquid to pass through, to leak.

Noun

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.

Origin / Etymology

Variant of sipe, from Middle English *sipen, from Old English sipian, from Proto-Germanic *sipōną, derivative of *sīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *sib- (“to pour out, drip, trickle”).
See also Middle Dutch sīpen (“to drip”), German Low German siepern (“to seep”), archaic German seifen (“to trickle blood”); also Latin sēbum (“suet, tallow”), Ancient Greek εἴβω (eíbō, “to drop, drip”)). See soap.

Synonyms

leak, ooze

Scrabble Score: 6

seep is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
seep is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
seep is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

seep is a valid Words With Friends word