seeping

UK
/ˈsiːpɪŋ/
US
/ˈsipɪŋ/
seepingnoun
seepings
pl
Translations
The seeping of water through the basement walls caused significant damage over time.
Le suintement de l'eau à travers les murs du sous-sol a causé d'importants dégâts au fil du temps.
Additional translations
infiltrationSurtout pour l'eau, l'humidité ou un gaz qui pénètre lentement dans un matériau ou une structure.
Definitions
The process or act of a liquid or gas slowly passing through small openings or porous material.
The seeping of water through the basement walls caused significant damage over time.
seepinggerund / present participle
UK
/ˈsiːpɪŋ/
US
/ˈsiːpɪŋ/
Used attributively to describe something from which liquid or gas is slowly escaping.
Translations
suintantSe dit d'une plaie, d'une surface ou d'un liquide qui laisse échapper lentement un fluide.
The nurse cleaned the patient’s seeping wound.
L'infirmière a nettoyé la plaie suintante du patient.
Definitions
Slowly leaking or oozing out.
The nurse cleaned the patient’s seeping wound.
seepverb

seeping

ing-form

seeped
Past Simple
seeped
Past Participle
seeping
ing-form
UK
/siːp/
US
/sip/
Translations
Water began to seep through the cracks in the basement wall.
L'eau a commencé à s'infiltrer à travers les fissures du mur de la cave.
se répandresens figuré
The news of the scandal began to seep into the public consciousness.
La nouvelle du scandale a commencé à se répandre dans l'opinion publique.
Definitions
To flow or pass slowly through small openings or pores.
Water began to seep through the cracks in the basement wall.
To become diffused or spread gradually.
The news of the scandal began to seep into the public consciousness.
seepnoun
Definitions
A place where liquid, especially water, oozes slowly out of the ground.
The hikers found a small seep in the forest where they could refill their water bottles.
A slow escape of a liquid or gas through porous material or small holes.
The seep of oil from the engine indicated a potential leak that needed to be fixed.