seep
verb/siːp/
Frequency rank: #15,915 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to flow or leak slowly through small holes or gaps.
Example sentence
Water began to seep through the cracks in the old wall.
Synonyms & related words
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