Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is Seep - definition
A SEEP OF SALINE WATER
Saline Seeps; Saline Seep
seep
TYPE OF SPRING
Seep; Seepage lake
v. (P; intr.) the water seeped in to the basement
seep
TYPE OF SPRING
Seep; Seepage lake
(seeps, seeping, seeped)
1.
If something such as liquid or gas seeps somewhere, it flows slowly and in small amounts into a place where it should not go.
Radioactive water had seeped into underground reservoirs...
The gas is seeping out of the rocks...
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
•
Seep is also a noun.
...an oil seep.
N-COUNT
2.
If something such as secret information or an unpleasant emotion seeps somewhere, it comes out gradually.
...the tide of racism which is sweeping Europe seeps into Britain.
VERB: V prep/adv
Wikipedia
Saline seep
A saline seep is seep of saline water, with an area of alkali salt crystals that form when the salty water reaches the surface and evaporates. Various types of water movement form saline seeps, including capillary action from a water table under the surface, and a water table being brought to the surface in a flow.
Examples of use of Seep
1. The sounds of war seep through the closed windows.
2. Now they seep, sometimes rush, across national borders.
3. The Khalil Gibran International Academy has prompted concerns that Islam will seep into the curriculum.
4. "We shouldn‘t let defeat seep into hearts by assuming Mubarak will win.
5. It has also resumed jailing Sudanese refugees who seep into the country along the Egyptian border.