SEEP

4 letters 6 Scrabble points /siːp/

Definition of SEEP

noun

  1. A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping.

  2. Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.

  3. The seeping away of a liquid, etc.

verb

  1. To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.

    "The water steadily seeped in through the thirl."

  2. To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.

    "Fear began to seep into the local community over the contamination of their fishpond."

  3. To diminish or wane away slowly.

    "The resistance movement against the invaders had slowly seeped away."

Related words: leak

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters S E E P
Length 4 letters
Scrabble Score 6 points

Anagrams of SEEP

Words that use the same letters:

EPES PEES SPEE

Words Containing "SEEP"

SEEPAGE SEEPAGES SEEPED SEEPY SEEPIER SEEPIEST SEEPING SEEPPROOF SEEPS SEEPWEED

Words Starting with "SEEP"

SEEPAGE SEEPAGES SEEPED SEEPY SEEPIER SEEPIEST SEEPING SEEPPROOF SEEPS SEEPWEED