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- Dictionaryleak/liːk/
verb
- 1. (of a container or covering) accidentally lose or admit contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack: "the roof leaked" Similar
- 2. intentionally disclose (something private or secret): "a report was leaked to the press" Similar
noun
- 1. a hole in a container or covering through which contents may accidentally pass: "I checked all of the pipework for leaks" Similar
- 2. an intentional disclosure of something secret or private: "one of the employees was responsible for the leak" Similar
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leak noun [C] (LIQUID/GAS) B2. a hole or crack through which a liquid or gas can flow out of a container, or the liquid or gas that comes out: There's water on the floor - we must have a leak. If you suspect a gas leak, phone the emergency number.
1. a. : a crack or hole that usually by mistake admits or lets escape. b. : something that permits the admission or escape of something else usually with prejudicial effect. 2. : the act, process, or an instance of leaking. 3. sometimes vulgar : an act of urinatingused especially in the phrase take a leak.
Leak definition: an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes. See examples of LEAK used in a sentence.
A leak involves the release of something. It can be a behind-someone’s-back leak of sensitive information, a leak from a milk carton, or a leak in the roof that lets rain water drip in. As a verb, leak means to allow light or fluid to escape, or to enter or escape as though through a hole.
leak noun [C] (LIQUID/GAS) B2. a hole or crack through which a liquid or gas can flow out of a container, or the liquid or gas that comes out: There's water on the floor - we must have a leak. If you suspect a gas leak, phone the emergency number.
A leak is a crack, hole, or other gap that a substance such as a liquid or gas can pass through. ...a leak in the radiator. [ + in] In May engineers found a leak in a hydrogen fuel line. [ + in] Synonyms: hole, opening, crack, puncture More Synonyms of leak. 3.verb.
1. To permit the escape, entry, or passage of something through a breach or flaw: rusted pipes that were beginning to leak; a boat leaking at the seams. 2. To escape or pass through a breach or flaw: helium leaking slowly from the balloon. 3. To become publicly known through a breach of secrecy: The news has leaked. v.tr. 1.
LEAK definition: 1. If a liquid or gas leaks, it comes out of a hole by accident, and if a container leaks, it…. Learn more.
Noun. Adjective. Idiom. Filter. verb. leaked, leaking, leaks. To permit the escape, entry, or passage of something through a breach or flaw. Rusted pipes that were beginning to leak; a boat leaking at the seams. American Heritage. To let a fluid substance out or in accidentally. The kettle leaks; the boat leaks. Webster's New World.
leak. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English leak1 /liːk/ verb 1 [ intransitive, transitive] if a container, pipe, roof etc leaks, or if it leaks gas, liquid etc, there is a small hole or crack in it that lets gas or liquid flow through The roof is leaking.
