leak
21leak — 1 verb 1 (I, T) if a container, pipe, roof etc leaks, or if it leaks gas, liquid etc, there is a small hole or crack in it that lets the gas or liquid flow out or flow through: The roof always leaks when it rains. | leak sth: My car seems to be… …
22leak — 01. Soon after the boat sprang a [leak], it sank to the bottom of the lake. 02. Careful, there might be a [leak] in the canoe. 03. Water was [leaking] through the roof, so we had to get it repaired. 04. The roof of our house [leaks] every time it …
23leak — I. verb Etymology: Middle English leken, liken, from or akin to Middle Dutch leken; akin to Old English hlec leaky, Old High German zelehhan, Old Norse leka to leak and probably to Old English leccan to moisten, Middle Irish legaid it melts Date …
24leak — {{11}}leak (n.) late 15c., from LEAK (Cf. leak) (v.) or O.N. cognate leki. Sense of revelation of secret information is from 1950. Meaning act of urination is attested from 1934 ( Tropic of Cancer ); but the verb meaning to piss is from 1590s:… …
25leak — leaker, n. leakless, adj. /leek/, n. 1. an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof. 2. an act or instance of leaking. 3. any means of unintended entrance or escape. 4.… …
26Leak — Der Begriff Leak (engl., Leck, Loch, undichte Stelle) bezeichnet im Allgemeinen die inoffizielle Veröffentlichung von Informationen, die nicht zu diesem Zweck vorgesehen waren. Dies können interne Dokumente von Firmen, geheime Verträge,… …
27leak — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
28leak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. seep, ooze, escape. See egress, disclosure, waste. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Loss through leakage] Syn. leakage, loss, flow, seepage, drop, escape, outgoing, incoming, detriment, short circuit,… …
29leak — 1. an act of urination Of obvious derivation. Leaks maybe had, done, gone for, needed, sprung, taken, etc. by either sex in mildly vulgar use: ... shuffling through the house in carpet slippers to take a leak. (Theroux, 1978) To leak …
30leak — /lik / (say leek) noun 1. an unintended hole, crack, or the like by which fluid, gas, etc., enters or escapes. 2. any avenue or means of unintended entrance or escape, or the entrance or escape itself. 3. Electricity a point where current escapes …
