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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.
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.
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.
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 definition: 1. If a liquid or gas leaks, it comes out of a hole by accident, and if a container leaks, it…. Learn more.
Definition of leak verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
