seepage
Gradual moisture infiltration
Seepage is the slow movement of liquid through porous material or small openings.
Water seeps through soil, basement walls, or cracks in concrete.
The word covers both the process and the liquid itself: There was seepage in the crawl space.
Figuratively, seepage describes gradual, often unwanted spread: the seepage of classified information to the press.
Liquid falling slowly
- oozeSeep gradually out
- trickleThin, slow stream
- weepShed tears emotionally
- exudeDischarge gradually through pores
leach · percolate · bleed · discharge · escape · flow · secrete · filtrate
Slightly wet
- mildewFungus from dampness
- moldForm-giving container
- mustyStale from dampness
- wetnessState of being soaked
humidity · condensation · clammy · dank · waterlogged · saturated · soggy · basement
Water in underground rock
- runoffExcess water drainage
- leachateLiquid filtered through waste
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- pollutantEnvironment-harming agent
toxin · chemical · aquifer · industrial · hazardous · pesticide · fertilizer · oil
Acidic peat wetland
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- fenLow marshy ground
- peatWaterlogged decomposed vegetation
spring · saturated · waterlogged · floodplain · riparian · groundwater · hydrology · watershed
drip
Liquid falling slowly
exude · leach · percolate · bleed · discharge · escape · flow · secrete · filtrate · transude
damp
Slightly wet
wetness · humidity · condensation · clammy · dank · waterlogged · saturated · soggy · basement · wall
groundwater
Water in underground rock
pollutant · toxin · chemical · aquifer · industrial · hazardous · pesticide · fertilizer · oil · landfill
bog
Acidic peat wetland
peat · spring · saturated · waterlogged · floodplain · riparian · groundwater · hydrology · watershed · drainage
groundwater
Water in underground rock
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- bedrockSolid stone underground
permeable · porous · subsurface · karst · limestone · sandstone · water table · artesian · fissure · fracture
- geotechnicssoil, soil type, soil classification, soil structure, subsurface
- groundwateraquifer, aquifers, water table, recharge, confined aquifer
- groundwater modelingtransmissivity, boundary conditions, finite element, drawdown, confined aquifer
- leaksleak, leaks, air leak, oil leak, gas leak
- liquid flowpour, flow, gush, spill, drip
- water flowflow, water flow, streamflow, flow rate, current
seepageretention
Continued holding or possession
containment · sealing · impermeability · blockage · watertightness