leaking

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leaking - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  leaking \leak"ing\ adj.
     having liquid seeping in or out through openings; leaky.
  
     Syn: leaky.
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  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.
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     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.
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     To leak out, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to
        become public; as, the facts leaked out.
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