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Leak Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Leak? [n] unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information [n] the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" [n] an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak" [n] a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [n] soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi [v] have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaks" [v] enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack" [v] be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" [v] tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Leak: escape \| leak out \| leakage \| making water \| outflow \| passing water \| wetting Related Terms \| Find terms related to Leak: abysm \| abyss \| aperture \| arroyo \| babble \| babbling \| be indiscreet \| be revealed \| be unguarded \| become known \| betray \| betray a confidence \| betrayal \| blab \| blabber \| blabbering \| blabbing \| blurt \| blurt out \| box canyon \| breach \| break \| breakout \| broaching \| canyon \| cavity \| chap \| chasm \| check \| chimney \| chink \| clearing \| cleft \| cleuch \| clough \| col \| come out \| come to naught \| come to nothing \| communication leak \| coulee \| couloir \| crack \| cranny \| crevasse \| crevice \| cut \| cwm \| dead giveaway \| defile \| deliverance \| delivery \| dell \| dike \| discharge \| disclose \| disclosure \| dissipate \| distill \| distillation \| ditch \| divulgation \| divulge \| divulgement \| divulgence \| divulging \| donga \| draw \| dribble \| drip \| dripping \| drippings \| drop \| emergence \| escape \| escapism \| evasion \| evulgation \| excavation \| extravasate \| extrication \| exudation \| exude \| fault \| fenestra \| fissure \| fistula \| flaw \| flight \| flume \| fontanel \| foramen \| fracture \| freeing \| furrow \| gap \| gape \| gash \| gat \| getaway \| give away \| giveaway \| go to pot \| go to seed \| go to waste \| gorge \| groove \| gulch \| gulf \| gully \| hiatus \| hole \| hollow \| incision \| indiscretion \| inform \| inform on \| inlet \| interval \| issuance \| issue \| jailbreak \| joint \| kloof \| lacuna \| laying open \| leak away \| leak out \| leakage \| leaking \| let drop \| let fall \| let slip \| letting out \| liberation \| make known \| make public \| moat \| notch \| nullah \| obvious clue \| ooze \| oozing \| opening \| opening up \| orifice \| out \| outlet \| pass \| passage \| passageway \| peach \| pore \| prisonbreak \| puncture \| rat \| ravine \| release \| rent \| rescue \| reveal a secret \| revelation \| riddance \| rift \| rime \| run to seed \| run to waste \| rupture \| scissure \| seam \| seep \| seepage \| seeping \| setting-free \| sing \| slit \| slot \| space \| spill \| spill the beans \| split \| squeal \| stoma \| stool \| talk \| tattle \| tattle on \| tear \| tell on \| tell secrets \| tell tales \| telltale \| telltale sign \| throwing open \| transpire \| trench \| trickle \| trill \| uncorking \| unstopping \| unwitting disclosure \| valley \| vent \| void \| wadi \| weep \| yawn See Also \| bilge \| break \| break \| bring out \| bust \| come forth \| come out \| discharge \| disclose \| disclosure \| discover \| divulge \| egress \| emerge \| expose \| fall apart \| get around \| get out \| give away \| go forth \| hole \| impart \| issue \| let on \| let out \| micturition \| outpouring \| reveal \| revealing \| revelation \| run \| soft rot \| take in water \| urination \| wear \| wear out Leak In Webster's Dictionary \Leak\, n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel. lekr leaky, Dan. l[ae]k leaky, a leak, Sw. l["a]ck; cf. AS. hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. {Leak}, v.] 1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. ``One leak will sink a ship.'' --Bunyan. 2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps. {To spring a leak}, to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak. \Leak\, a. Leaky. [Obs.] --Spenser. \Leak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaking}.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. l[ae]kke, Sw. l["a]cka, AS. leccan to wet, moisten. See {Leak}, n.] 1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks. 2. To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc.; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out. {To leak out}, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked out. \Leak\, n. (Elec.) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.

Leak Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Leak?

[n] unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
[n] the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
[n] an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak"
[n] a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak"
[n] soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
[v] have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaks"
[v] enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"
[v] be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
[v] tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"

Leak In Webster's Dictionary

\Leak\, n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel.
lekr leaky, Dan. l[ae]k leaky, a leak, Sw. l["a]ck; cf. AS.
hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. {Leak}, v.]
1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or
   other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a
   leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. ``One leak will sink
   a ship.'' --Bunyan.

2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack,
   fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the
   ship's pumps.

{To spring a leak}, to open or crack so as to let in water;
   to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.


\Leak\, a.
Leaky. [Obs.] --Spenser.


\Leak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Leaking}.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel.
leka, Dan. l[ae]kke, Sw. l["a]cka, AS. leccan to wet,
moisten. See {Leak}, n.]
1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole,
   crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the
   boat leaks.

2. To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice,
   etc.; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; --
   usually with in or out.

{To leak out}, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to
   become public; as, the facts leaked out.


\Leak\, n. (Elec.)
A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the
point at which such loss occurs.

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