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SEEPING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seeping mean?
• SEEPING (adjective)
The adjective SEEPING has 1 sense:
1. leaking out slowly
Familiarity information: SEEPING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leaking out slowly
Synonyms:
Similar:
leaky (permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases)
Context examples
Dark features on Mars previously considered evidence for subsurface flowing of water are interpreted by new research as granular flows, where grains of sand and dust slip downhill to make dark streaks, rather than the ground being darkened by seeping water.
(Recurring Martian Streaks: Flowing Sand, Not Water?, NASA)
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