Lexic.us

Definition of Leak

1. Noun. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape. "One of the tires developed a leak"

2. Verb. Tell anonymously. "The news were leaked to the paper"

3. Noun. Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi.

4. Verb. Be leaked. "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"

5. Noun. A euphemism for urination. "He had to take a leak"

6. Verb. Enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure. "Gas leaked into the basement"

7. Noun. The discharge of a fluid from some container. "He had to clean up the leak"

8. Verb. Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out. "The roof leaks badly"

9. Noun. Unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information.

Definition of Leak

1. n. 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.

2. a. Leaky.

3. v. i. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.

4. n. A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.

Definition of Leak

1. to permit the escape of something through a breach or flaw [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leak

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