Flowing or leaking slowly through porous material or small openings. Gradually penetrating or spreading through something.
From Old English 'sipian' meaning 'to soak through', related to 'sīpan' meaning 'to drip'. The word has maintained its core meaning of slow liquid movement through barriers for over a thousand years.
Unlike gushing or pouring, 'seeping' suggests something almost alive - water finding its own secret pathways through rock or soil. The word captures that mysterious quality of liquids seeming to defy barriers, moving so slowly we barely notice until the damage is done.
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