leak
/liːk/ noun B2- A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. · a leak in a roof· a leak in a boat
- The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture. · The leak gained on the ship's pumps.· The babies' diapers had big leaks.
- A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret. · The leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military.
- 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. · resource leak· memory leak
- An act of urination. · I have to take a leak.
Plural leaks
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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