SEEP

Seep

A seep is a moist or wet place where water, usually groundwater, reaches the earth's surface from an underground aquifer.

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seep

Noun

  1. a small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface
  2. moisture that seeps out; a seepage
  3. A seafloor vent

Verb

  1. to ooze, or pass slowly through pores or other small openings


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