A wetland that forms in areas where groundwater discharges to the land surface, often at the base of steep slopes, but where water volume is too small to create a stream or creek These wetlands have a perpetually saturated soil but may have little or no standing water
If something such as liquid or gas seeps somewhere, it flows slowly and in small amounts into a place where it should not go. Radioactive water had seeped into underground reservoirs The gas is seeping out of the rocks Seep is also a noun. an oil seep
If something such as secret information or an unpleasant emotion seeps somewhere, it comes out gradually. the tide of racism which is sweeping Europe seeps into Britain
seeps
Türkische aussprache
sips
Aussprache
/ˈsēps/ /ˈsiːps/
Etymologie
[ 'sEp ] (intransitive verb.) 1790. alteration of earlier sipe, from Middle English sipen, from Old English sipian; akin to Middle Low German sipen to seep.