LEAK
\lˈiːk], \lˈiːk], \l_ˈiː_k]\
Definitions of LEAK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
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a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak"
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soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
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be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
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enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"
By Princeton University
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tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
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a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak"
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soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
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have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaks"
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be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
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Leaky.
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To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
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A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
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Leaky.
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To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
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A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A hole or crack which lets anything, especially a fluid, in or out, contrary to intention.
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To let anything, especially a fluid, in or out through a hole or crack, when not intended; to become gradually, often unintentionally, public.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A crack or hole in a vessel through which liquid may pass: the oozing of any fluid through an opening.
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To let any fluid into or out of a vessel through a leak.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To pass or allow to pass in or out undesignedly, as a liquid.
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An opening letting a fluid in or out undersignedly.
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Leakage.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole in a vessel, that admits water, or permits a fluid to escape;— the oozing or passing of water, or other fluid or liquor, through a crack, fissure, or aperture in a vessel, either into it or out of it.
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n. [Icelandic] To let water or other liquor into or out of a vessel through a hole, crevice, or other defect;— imp. & pp. leaked; ppr. leaking.
