sorgente — meaning in English

English meaning

• seep verb To flow or leak slowly through small openings or a porous surface.
• source noun The place, person, or thing that something originates from.
• spring noun The season between winter and summer, when plants begin to grow again.

Senses

sorgente is used for these senses in English:

• fountainhead (figuratively) An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
• headwaters The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.
• seep 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.
• source The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
• source code (programming) Human-readable instructions in a programming language, to be transformed into machine instructions by a compiler, assembler or other translator, or to be carried out directly by an interpreter.
• spring (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.

seep — full definition

1. verb To flow or leak slowly through small openings or a porous surface.
2. noun A place where liquid, such as water or oil, slowly oozes out of the ground.

source — full definition

1. noun The place, person, or thing that something originates from.
2. noun The point where a river or stream begins.
3. verb To obtain something, especially for a business.

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