seep

1. (intransitive) To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.Examples: "Water has seeped through the roof."; "The water steadily seeped in through the thirl."intransitive

2. (intransitive, figurative) To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.Examples: "Woe seeped through her heart thinking of what had befallen their ethnic group."; "Fear began to seep into the local community over the contamination of their fishpond."figurativelyintransitive

3. (intransitive, figurative) To diminish or wane away slowly.Examples: "The resistance movement against the invaders had slowly seeped away."figurativelyintransitive

4. (transitive) (of a crack etc.) To allow a liquid to pass through, to leak.Examples: "The crack is seeping water."; "If the crack is seeping water, the foam totally stops the leakage."; "Just when I thought I was done checking it over, I smelled coolant....remove the engine cover and bam! 1 inch crack is seeping coolant!"transitive

5. (Scotland) To soak.Examples: "wi' the weet / We're seepit to the skin"; "a young lad's mind, whilk had seeped in, for many a day, the rain of adversity"Scotland