leak has definitions from the fields of biology,medicine,news
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[ noun ] an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape

Examples

"one of the tires developed a leak"

Used in print

(Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)

Just like the balloon would go_up and you could sit all day and wish it would spring a leak or blow to_hell up and burn and nothing like that would happen .

Related terms

hole

2
[ verb ] (news) tell anonymously

Examples

"The news were leaked to the paper"

Used in print

(Time, 77: 3...)

Soon after Loper leaked the news that Frankie had ordered `` two of everything '' just `` in_case he spills anything '' , Frankie got so mad at the chic designer that he vowed he would not wear a stitch of Loper clothing .

Related terms

disclose break

3
[ noun ] (biology) a euphemism for urination

Examples

"he had to take a leak"

Related terms

micturition

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[ noun ] (medicine) soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi

Related terms

soft_rot

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[ noun ] the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container

Examples

"they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe" "he had to clean up the leak"

Related terms

discharge escape

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[ verb ] (news) be leaked

Synonyms

leak_out

Examples

"The news leaked out despite his secrecy"

Related terms

break

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[ verb ] have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out

Examples

"The container leaked gasoline" "the roof leaks badly"

Related terms

bilge break

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[ verb ] enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure

Examples

"Water leaked out of the can into the backpack" "Gas leaked into the basement"

Related terms

issue escape

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4391
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[ noun ] unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information

Synonyms

news_leak

Related terms

disclosure

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