Definition of Seeping

1. Adjective. Leaking out slowly.

Exact synonyms: Oozing, Oozy
Similar to: Leaky
Derivative terms: Ooze

Definition of Seeping

1. Verb. (present participle of seep) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seeping

1. seep [v] - See also: seep

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seeping

seemliness
seemlinesses
seemly
seems
seen
seen in
seen through
seen to
seene
seep
seepage
seepages
seeped
seepier
seepiest
seeping (current term)
seepingly
seeps
seepy
seer
seer program
seeress
seeresses
seerfish
seerhand
seers
seership
seerships
seersuckers

Literary usage of Seeping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1921)
"... so as to prevent water from seeping through under the asphalt, causing it to deteriorate in warm weather and to be lifted by freezing In cold weather. ..."

2. The Irrigation Age by American Irrigation Federation (1896)
"... and there would always remain a possibility of water seeping through at the bottom of the embankment. the embankments are constructed it is well to fill ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1885)
"Degradation by water, in Kansas, progresses mainly by two methods: 1st, by denudation, or washing of the surface; 2d, by percolation, or seeping—drawing out ..."

4. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1899)
"are under the influence of the water seeping through under the dry bed of the torrent, which is probably of different temperature and conditions from the ..."

5. Oregon Highway Laws: Constitutional and Statutory Provisions Relating to by Oregon, Oregon State Highway Commission (1921)
"... company or corporation, and he shall, as he ascertains that there is any such water seeping or flowing, or running upon any such county road or roads, ..."

6. Water Laws of the State of Oregon: Compiled from Lord's Oregon Laws and by Oregon, Oregon State Water Board (1913)
"... company, or corporation, and he shall, as he ascertains that there is any such water seeping or flowing or running upon any such county road or roads, ..."

7. The Salmon and Salmon Fisheries of Alaska: Report of the Operations of the by Jefferson F. Moser (1899)
"... influence of the water seeping through under the dry bed of the torrent, which is probably of different temperature and conditions from the lake water. ..."

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