to seep from

Examples

• All

• Glowing toxic waste seeps from a gash in its side.

  Fiction book (2002)

• After the heavy rains, water seeped from the soil, making the ground soggy.

• Narrator 3: Smoke seeps from the hood of the car.

  Fiction book (2002)

• A soft whirring noise seeps from the computer as the student types.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Mud began to seep from the gaps almost immediately, making the climb treacherous.

  Fiction book (1992)

• A long, low moaning seeps from Jacob's room across the hall. Annabel, I have to go.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The smell, combined of must, unwashed dishes, and stale grease, seemed to seep from the walls and furniture.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Groundwater seeps from the ceilings and walls, dripping over the eroded, crumbling bones.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Water began to seep from the cracks in the old pipes, causing puddles on the floor.

Synonyms

L

to leak

vsto seep from

212 1.0

To let water, gas or light escape through a small opening

means slow liquid flow out through small openings rather than general escape

S

to seep

vsto seep from

82 2.7

To move slowly through small holes or cracks

is the phrasal form that highlights movement out of a source

T

to trickle

vsto seep from

70 3.4

To flow slowly in drops or a thin stream

focuses on slow leaking out through small openings rather than irregular drops

O

to ooze

vsto seep from

64 3.9

To flow out slowly through small holes

is the phrasal form that specifies origin from a place

D

to dribble

vsto seep from

15 2.8

To let liquid or saliva fall in small drops

describes passive slow leakage from a source not intentional dripping

D

to drip down

vsto seep from

12 1.4

Liquid falls in small drops down a surface

describes slow escape from a source through small openings rather than falling

O

to ooze out

vsto seep from

7 3.4

To flow slowly in small amounts through tiny holes

indicates the same movement but names the origin explicitly

O

to ooze from

vsto seep from

4 4.2

Slowly flow out from a cut or crack in something

is the phrasal form used without naming the origin directly

P

to percolate

vsto seep from

• Specialized

3 6.4

Make a liquid or gas move slowly through a material with small holes

describes slow escape specifically out through small openings rather than through pores

O

to ooze through

vsto seep from

1 4.8

To flow slowly through small holes or cracks

is the phrasal form that points to origin rather than passage

S

to seeping

vsto seep from

2.7

To flow slowly through small holes or spaces

is the phrasal form that stresses origin from a specific place

O

oozing

vsto seep from

4.5

Slowly leaking thick, sticky liquid

describes the same slow outflow without focusing on thickness

T

to transude

vsto seep from

9.9

To pass slowly through a surface and come out as small drops

describes the same slow movement but not usually released as drops

Antonyms

K

to keep in

105 3.0

To make someone stay indoors because of bad weather, illness, or punishment

R

to retain

60 3.0

To hold something inside so it does not escape

How Fast

spill

103 1.0

to leak

212 1.0

to seep from

3 3.5

to trickle

70 3.4

to ooze from

4 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology