Leak
Word | LEAK |
Character | 4 |
Hyphenation | leak |
Pronunciations | /liːk/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Leak"
What do we mean by leak?
To permit the escape, entry, or passage of something through a breach or flaw. intransitive verb
To escape or pass through a breach or flaw. intransitive verb
To become publicly known through a breach of secrecy. intransitive verb
To permit (a substance) to escape or pass through a breach or flaw. intransitive verb
To disclose without authorization or official sanction. intransitive verb
A crack or flaw that permits something to escape from or enter a container or conduit. noun
The act or instance of leaking. noun
An amount leaked. noun
An unauthorized or a deliberate disclosure of confidential information. noun
Loss of electric current as a result of faulty insulation. noun
The path or place at which this loss takes place. noun
(take a leak) To urinate. idiom
Leaky.
An aperture by which anything that can flow, especially water or other fluid, passes out of, into, or through anything intended to contain, exclude, or restrain it; a crack, crevice, fissure, or hole that permits the passage of anything intended to be shut in or out: as, a leak in a cask, ship, dam, or dike; to stop or plug a leak. noun
The oozing or passing of a fluid, etc., into, out of, or through anything by an accidental or unintentional aperture or through a permeable medium; leakage. noun
A gutter. noun
To let water or other fluid, or light, etc., out of, into, or through something, by an accidental or unintentional aperture, or through permeable material: as, the eask leaks; the ship is leaking; the roof leaks.
To ooze or pass, as water or other fluid, or anything that can flow, as grain, through an aperture.
A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
(especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
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Cross Reference for Leak
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