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Definition of Leak
Pronunciation: lēkt | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps. | | 3. | (Elec.) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs. | | 4. | an act of urinating; - used mostly in the phrase take a leak, i. e. to urinate. | | 5. | The disclosure of information that is expected to be kept confidential; as, leaks by the White House staff infuriated Nixon; leaks by the Special Prosecutor were criticized as illegal. | | a. | 1. | Leaky. | | v. i. | 1. | To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks. | | 2. | 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. |
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