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Quick definitions from WordNet (leak)
▸ noun: unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
▸ noun: an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape ("One of the tires developed a leak")
▸ noun: a euphemism for urination ("He had to take a leak")
▸ noun: soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
▸ noun: the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container ("He had to clean up the leak")
▸ verb: have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out ("The container leaked gasoline")
▸ verb: enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure ("Water leaked out of the can into the backpack")
▸ verb: be leaked ("The news leaked out despite his secrecy")
▸ verb: tell anonymously ("The news were leaked to the paper")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 33333 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #4391)
▸ Also see leaks
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▸ noun: unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
▸ noun: an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape ("One of the tires developed a leak")
▸ noun: a euphemism for urination ("He had to take a leak")
▸ noun: soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
▸ noun: the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container ("He had to clean up the leak")
▸ verb: have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out ("The container leaked gasoline")
▸ verb: enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure ("Water leaked out of the can into the backpack")
▸ verb: be leaked ("The news leaked out despite his secrecy")
▸ verb: tell anonymously ("The news were leaked to the paper")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 33333 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #4391)
▸ Also see leaks
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to leak
▸ Usage examples for leak
▸ Idioms related to leak (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing leak
▸ Words that often appear near leak
▸ Rhymes of leak
▸ Invented words related to leak