seep, ooze
(verb) pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
seep (third-person singular simple present seeps, present participle seeping, simple past and past participle seeped)
(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.
• leak
seep (plural seeps)
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.
• Sepe, eeps, pees
Source: Wiktionary
Seep, or; Sipe, v. i. Etym: [AS. sipan to distill.]
Definition: To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze. [Scot. & U. S.] Water seeps up through the sidewalks. G. W. Cable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
