'Leak' definitions:

Definition of 'leak'

(from WordNet)
noun
An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak"
noun
Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
noun
A euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn: leak, wetting, making water, passing water]
noun
The 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" [syn: escape, leak, leakage, outflow]
noun
Unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information [syn: leak, news leak]
verb
Tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
verb
Be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" [syn: leak, leak out]
verb
Enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"
verb
Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"

Definition of 'Leak'

From: GCIDE
  • Leak \Leak\, a. Leaky. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Leak'

From: GCIDE
  • Leak \Leak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaked (l[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaking.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. l[ae]kke, Sw. l[aum]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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • To leak out, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked out. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Leak'

From: GCIDE
  • Leak \Leak\ (l[=e]k), n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel. lekr leaky, Dan. l[ae]k leaky, a leak, Sw. l[aum]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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Elec.) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 4. an act of urinating; -- used mostly in the phrase
  • take a leak, i. e. to urinate. [vulgar] [PJC]
  • 5. The disclosure of information that is expected to be kept confidential; as, leaks by the White House staff infuriated Nixon; leaks by the Special Prosecutor were criticized as illegal. [PJC]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'leak'

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