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verb | noun leakleak1 /lik/ ●●● S3 verb ETYMOLOGYleak1Origin: 1400-1500 Old Norse leka VERB TABLEleak |
| Present | I, you, we, they | leak | | he, she, it | leaks | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | leaked | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have leaked | | he, she, it | has leaked | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had leaked | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will leak | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have leaked |
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| Present | I | am leaking | | he, she, it | is leaking | | you, we, they | are leaking | | Past | I, he, she, it | was leaking | | you, we, they | were leaking | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been leaking | | he, she, it | has been leaking | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been leaking | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be leaking | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been leaking |
THESAURUSliquid/smoke► pour to flow quickly and in large amounts: Smoke poured out of the upstairs windows. Blood was pouring from his nose. ► flow/run to move in a steady continuous stream: This is the place where the river flows into the ocean. Tears ran down her cheeks. ► come out to flow out of a container, place, etc.: I turned on the faucet, but no water came out. ► spill to pour out of something accidentally: Water spilled over the sides of the pool. ► drip to produce small drops of liquid, or to fall in drops: Water dripped onto the floor. ► leak to flow or drip out of a container or pipe through a hole or crack: Oil leaked from the damaged tanker. ► ooze to flow from something very slowly: Blood oozed through the bandages. ► gush to flow or pour out quickly in large quantities: Water gushed from the fountain. ► spurt to flow out suddenly with a lot of force: Blood spurted from the wound. ► rush if water in a river or stream rushes somewhere, it flows quickly: The water in the stream rushed over the rocks and into a pool. ► stream down if blood, tears, rain, etc. streams down a surface, it runs quickly down it in large quantities: During the storm, rain streamed down the windows. 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 the gas or liquid flow out or through: The roof leaks when it rains. The pipe was leaking chlorine.► see thesaurus at pour2[intransitive] if a gas or liquid leaks, it gets in, out, or through a hole in something: leak into/through/from etc. Water was leaking out of the radiator.3[transitive] to deliberately give secret information to a newspaper, television company, etc.: leak something to somebody Details of the contract were leaked to the press. [Origin: 1400–1500 Old Norse leka]leak out phrasal verb if secret information leaks out, a lot of people find out about it: News of the deal leaked out three weeks ago. verb | noun leakleak2 ●●○ noun [countable] THESAURUSspace something can go through► hole a space in something solid that allows light or things to pass through: These socks are full of holes. ► opening a hole or space that lets you see or go through something: The dog got out through an opening in the fence. ► space an empty area between two things or two parts of something, especially where you can put something: There’s a space for that box on the shelf over there. ► gap gap means the same as space, but you use it especially when something is broken or missing: There was a gap between the two fences that she could squeeze through. ► crack a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something: John peeked through the crack in the door. ► slot a long, narrow hole that you put something in: I put the letter through the mail slot. ► leak a small hole that lets liquid or gas flow into or out of something: The mechanic found a leak in the fuel tank. ► puncture a small round hole made by something sharp, especially one that gas or liquid comes out of: Experts do not know what made the puncture in the side of the plane. 1a small hole that lets liquid or gas flow into or out of something: leak in a leak in the cooling system► see thesaurus at hole12a gas/oil/water leak an escape of gas or liquid through a hole in something3a situation in which secret information is deliberately given to a newspaper, television company, etc.: He denied he was the source of the leak.4take a leak spoken informal to urinate → see also spring a leak at spring2 (7) |