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Language: Old English
Origin: sipian

seep

 verb
     
seep [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
1 to flow slowly through small holes or spaces
seep into/through/down etc
Blood seeped down his leg.
2 to move or spread gradually
seep away/into/through etc
His tension was seeping away.
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