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seeps

seeps is the plural of seep.

seeps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seep.

Meaning of seep

Noun

seep (plural seeps)

  1. A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping.
  2. Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
  3. The seeping away of a liquid, etc.
  4. A seafloor vent.
    • Another idea was that filamentous bacteria covering the hairs [of the Yeti crab] would either neutralize gases emitted from the vent or serve the crab directly as a food source. And this last idea received support when a second species of Yeti crab was discovered on cold seeps on the deep-sea floor...2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 356

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Questions about seeps

What is seeps the plural of?
Seeps is the plural of seep.

Words near seeps in the dictionary

  1. seepiest
  2. seepiness
  3. seeping
  4. seepingly
  5. seepings
  6. seeps
  7. seepweed
  8. seepweeds
  9. seepwillow
  10. seepwillows
  11. seepwood

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