leak
/liːk/ verb B2- To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
- (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed. · The faucet has been leaking since last month.· No one realized that propane gas was leaking from a rusty tank in the concession area, slowly filling the unventilated room.
- To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously. · Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.
- To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.
- To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.
- To urinate. · I had to leak in the woods since there were no toilets around.
- To bleed. · He shanked him, now he's leaking.
- To ejaculate.
He/she/it leaks · Past leaked · Past participle leaked · -ing form leaking
Verb forms
- Base form
- leak
- He/she/it
- leaks
- Past
- leaked
- Past participle
- leaked
- -ing form
- leaking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The flat began to leak.
The flat began to leak and I climbed out on the pile.
It is of enormous importance that nothing further should leak out.
“Eh, it was that that did the business; after pitching heavily for twelve hours we sprung a leak.
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