<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) To pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall.</li><li>(of ideas, methods, etc.) To enter or be introduced at a slow pace: The new ideas finally seeped down to the lower echelons.</li><li>To become diffused; permeate: Fog seeped through the trees, obliterating everything.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Moisture that seeps out; seepage.</li><li>A small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground has oozed to the surface of the earth.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To cause to seep; filter: The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it.</li></ul>