leak
noun
1 leak
An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
Roget 198:
interval,
interspace†;
separation
etc.
44;
break,
gap,
opening;
hole
etc.
260;
chasm,
hiatus,
caesura;
interruption,
interregnum;
interstice,
lacuna,
cleft,
mesh,
crevice,
chink,
rime,
creek,
cranny,
crack,
chap,
slit,
fissure,
scissure†,
rift,
flaw,
breach,
rent,
gash,
cut,
leak,
dike,
ha-ha.
gorge,
defile,
ravine,
canon,
crevasse,
abyss,
abysm;
gulf;
inlet,
frith†,
strait,
gully;
pass;
furrow
etc.
259;
abra†;
barranca†,
barranco†;
clove [U.S.],
gulch [U.S.],
notch [U.S.];
yawning gulf;
hiatus maxime [Lat.],
hiatus valde deflendus [Lat.];
parenthesis
etc.
(interjacence)
228†;
void
etc.
(absence)
187;
incompleteness
etc.
53.
[interval of time]
period
etc.
108;
interim
(time)
106.
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Dutch: lekken, lek
2 leak
Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi.
3 leak
4 leak
The discharge of a fluid from some container:
— He had to clean up the leak.
synonyms: escape, leakage, outflow.
Dutch: lek, lekkage, wan
Polish: ulotnienie się
5 leak
Unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information.
synonym: news leak.
Dutch: lekstralen, lekstroom
Polish: przeciek
verb
1 leak
Tell anonymously.
Roget 638:
spend,
expend,
use,
consume,
swallow up,
exhaust;
impoverish;
spill,
drain,
empty;
disperse
etc.
73.
cast away,
fool away,
muddle away,
throw away,
fling away,
fritter away;
burn the candle at both ends,
waste;
squander
etc.
818.
waste its sweetness on the desert air"
[Gray];
cast one's bread upon the waters,
cast pearls before swine;
employ a steam engine to crack a nut,
waste powder and shot,
break a butterfly on a wheel;
labor in vain
etc.
(useless)
645;
cut blocks with a razor,
pour water into a sieve.
leak
etc.
(run out)
295;
run to waste;
ebb;
melt away,
run dry,
dry up.
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Roget 295:
emerge,
emanate,
issue;
egress;
go out of,
come out of,
move out of,
pass out of,
pour out of,
flow out of;
pass out of,
evacuate.
exude,
transude;
leak,
run through,
out through;
percolate,
transcolate†;
egurgitate†;
strain,
distill;
perspire,
sweat,
drain,
ooze;
filter,
filtrate;
dribble,
gush,
spout,
flow out;
well,
well out;
pour,
trickle,
etc.
(water in motion)
348;
effuse,
extravasate [Med.],
disembogue†,
discharge itself,
debouch;
come forth,
break forth;
burst out,
burst through;
find vent;
escape
etc.
671.
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Dutch: doorsijpelen, lekken
2 leak
Be leaked:
— The news leaked out despite his secrecy.
synonym: leak out.
3 leak
Enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure.
4 leak
Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out.
Dutch: inwateren, lekken
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