MEANING
The slow movement of liquid through porous material or small openings.
Use it for
Wet rock faces, hidden groundwater, and persistent damp patches.Reveal water without a visible channel.
Words that belong together
- groundwater seepage
- slow seepage
- seepage through rock
On the page
Seepage darkened the cliff below the spring.
The tent stood above a patch of groundwater seepage.
Even in summer, slow seepage kept the hollow wet.
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Word forms
- Base
- seepage
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Describes a process or the resulting moisture, not a freely flowing stream. Mass noun in ordinary use; related verb seep, seeps, seeped, seeping.
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