"leak" Definition

Definitions for the word "leak" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v.
A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v.
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Leaky.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
1 a hole through which matter passes accidentally in or out. B matter passing through thus. C act of passing through thus. 2 a similar escape of electrical charge. B charge that escapes. 3 disclosure of secret information. v. 1 a pass through a leak. B lose or admit through a leak. 2 disclose (secret information). 3 (often foll. By out) become known. have (or take) a leak slang urinate. leaky adj. (-ier, -iest). [low german or dutch]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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