seeping

seeping is the present participle and gerund of seep.

Noun

seeping (plural seepings)

The act by which something seeps.
Liquid that has seeped.
- A puddle of bright orange - the seepings from the pickling liquid - crept across the factory floor towards the drain.2008, Paul Richardson, A Late Dinner: Discovering the Food of Spain, page 127

seep (third-person singular simple present seeps, present participle seeping, simple past and past participle seeped)

(intransitive) To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
- Water has seeped through the roof.
(figuratively, intransitive) To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.
- Woe seeped through her heart thinking of what had befallen their ethnic group.
(figuratively, intransitive) To diminish or wane away slowly.
- The resistance movement against the invaders had slowly seeped away.
(transitive) (of a crack etc.) To allow a liquid to pass through, to leak.
- The crack is seeping water.
(Scotland) To soak.
- wi' the weet / We're seepit to the skin1844, James Lemon, editor, Lays of St. Mungo; Or, The Minstrelsy of the West [quoted in the EDD]

plural	seepings

What does seeping mean?: Seeping means the act by which something seeps.
What is seeping the present participle and gerund of?: Seeping is the present participle and gerund of seep.
What part of speech is seeping?: Seeping is a noun.
What is the plural of seeping?: The plural of seeping is seepings.

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