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- Dictionaryleaking/ˈliːkɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of a container or covering) accidentally losing or admitting contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack: "a leaking gutter"
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(of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container; (of a container) to allow liquid or gas to escape: Water was leaking from the pipe. Oil leaked out of the car. The car leaked oil all over the drive. The tin was leaking. Fewer examples. The kitchen roof is apt to leak when it rains. Make sure the bucket doesn't leak.
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: 1. (of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container; (of a container) to…. Learn more.
noun. an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof. an act or instance of leaking. any means of unintended entrance or escape. Electricity. the loss of current from a conductor, usually resulting from poor insulation.
A leak is a crack, hole, or other gap that a substance such as a liquid or gas can pass through.
1. To permit (a substance) to escape or pass through a breach or flaw: a damaged reactor leaking radioactivity into the atmosphere. 2. To disclose without authorization or official sanction: leaked classified information to a reporter. n. 1.
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof. an act or instance of leaking. any means of unintended entrance or escape.
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof. an act or instance of leaking. any means of unintended entrance or escape. Electricity the loss of current from a conductor, usually resulting from poor insulation.
leak meaning, definition, what is leak: if a container, pipe, roof etc leaks, or...: Learn more.
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.
