seep

intr.v., seeped, seep·ing, seeps.

1. To pass slowly through small openings or pores; ooze.
2. To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually.

n.

1. A spot where water or petroleum trickles out of the ground to form a pool.
2. Seepage.

[Alteration of dialectal sipe.]

verb

To flow or leak out or emit something slowly: bleed, exude, leach, ooze, percolate, transpire, transude, weep. See move/halt, solid/liquid/consistency.

v

Definition: leak
Antonyms: pour

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IN BRIEF: v. - Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.

Tutor's tip: The cellar walls have begun to "seep" (leak or ooze) and now I see a "cepe" (mushroom, also spelled "cep") growing in there.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - sive
n. - lækage

Nederlands (Dutch)
sijpelen

Français (French)
v. intr. - suinter, s'infiltrer, se diffuser progressivement
n. - petite nappe (de pétrole, d'eau)

Deutsch (German)
v. - sickern
n. - kleine Quelle, Sickerstelle

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαρρέω, σταλάζω, σουρώνω
n. - (ΗΠΑ) τόπος διαρροής πετρελαίου από την επιφάνεια του εδάφους

Italiano (Italian)
trapelare, filtrare, colare, gocciolare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - penetrar
n. - nascente (f)

Русский (Russian)
выход нефти, утечка, небольшой источник, протекать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - filtrarse, rezumarse, colarse
n. - acción de rezumar, filtración

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sippra, droppa, läcka in, smyga sig, tränga så sakta
n. - läckage

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
渗出, 漏, 渗流, 小泉, 水陆两用的吉普车

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 滲出, 漏, 滲流
n. - 小泉, 水陸兩用的吉普車

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 스며 나오다, (사상 등이) 침투하다, 퍼지다
n. - 새어 나온 액체, 물구덩이

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - にじみ出る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتسيل, ينز (الاسم) ينبوع صغير, مقدار من ألسائل ألناز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נטף, דלף, חלחל, חדר‬
n. - ‮שלולית, מקום חלחול אל פני הקרקע‬

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