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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; ... show more

Dutch: lekken, lek

2 leak

Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi.

3 leak

A euphemism for urination:
— He had to take a leak.

synonyms: making water, passing water, wetting.

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 siÄ™

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, ... show more

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; ... show more

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


Moby thesaurus: abysm, abyss, aperture, arroyo, babble, babbling, be indiscreet, be revealed, be unguarded, become known, betray, betray a confidence, betrayal, blab, blabber, blabbering, blabbing, blurt, blurt out, box canyon ... show more.

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