leak
31leak — also See helium leak test slow leak stop leak …
32leak — n. & v. n. 1 a a hole in a vessel, pipe, or container etc. caused by wear or damage, through which matter, esp. liquid or gas, passes accidentally in or out. b the matter passing in or out through this. c the act or an instance of leaking. 2 a a… …
33leak — 1. noun /liːk/ a) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. a leak in a roof b) …
34leak — n an act of urination. Usually in the expressions have a leak or take a leak . The origin of this predictable usage may be nautical …
35leak — verb 1》 (of a container or covering) accidentally lose or admit contents through a hole or crack. ↘(of liquid, gas, etc.) pass in or out through a hole or crack in such a way. 2》 (of secret information) become known. ↘intentionally… …
36leak — 1. verb 1) oil leaking from the tanker Syn: seep (out), escape, ooze (out), secrete, bleed, emanate, issue, drip, dribble, drain; discharge, exude 2) civil servants leaked information to the press Syn …
37leak — [liːk] verb I 1) [I/T] if a pipe, container, roof etc leaks, or if it leaks something, liquid or gas comes out of it through a hole The roof is still leaking.[/ex] 2) [I] if a liquid or gas leaks, it comes out of a pipe, container, roof etc… …
38leak — [[t]lik[/t]] n. 1) an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof[/ex] 2) an act or instance of leaking 3) any means of unintended entrance or escape 4) elm the loss of… …
39Leak — This name has two known origins. The first being locational from Leak in the North Riding of Yorkshire, Leake in Lincolnshire and Nottingham or Leek in Staffordshire. All these places are named from the Olde Norse elements loekr meaning a brook …
40leak — [15] The ultimate source of leak is probably a prehistoric Germanic *lek , which denoted ‘deficiency’ (a variant *lak gave English lack). It is not clear how this reached English; it could have been via Old Norse leka, or through Middle Dutch… …
