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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024leak /lik/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes:a leak in the roof.
- a spreading or release of secret information by an unnamed source:a leak to the press about his role in the conspiracy.
v. - to let a liquid, gas, light, etc., enter or escape, as through a hole or crack:[no object]The boat leaks.
- to (cause to) pass in or out in this manner, as liquid, gas, or light: [no object]Gas was leaking from a pipe.[~ + object]The brakes are leaking fluid.
- to (cause or allow to) become known: [no object]The news leaked to the public.[~ + object]Who leaked that story to the press?
Idioms- Idioms take a leak, Slang (vulgar ). to urinate.
leak•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024leak (lēk),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Electricitythe loss of current from a conductor, usually resulting from poor insulation.
- a disclosure of secret, esp. official, information, as to the news media, by an unnamed source.
- take a leak, Slang (vulgar). to urinate.
v.i. - to let a liquid, gas, light, etc., enter or escape, as through an unintended hole or crack:The boat leaks.
- to pass in or out in this manner, as liquid, gas, or light:gas leaking from a pipe.
- to become known unintentionally (usually fol. by out):The news leaked out.
- to disclose secret, esp. official, information anonymously, as to the news media:The official revealed that he had leaked to the press in the hope of saving his own reputation.
v.t. - to let (liquid, gas, light, etc.) enter or escape:This camera leaks light.
- to allow to become known, as information given out covertly:to leak the news of the ambassador's visit.
- Old Norse leka to drip, leak; akin to Dutch lek, obsolete German lech leaky. See leach1
- 1375–1425; 1955–60 for def. 12; late Middle English leken
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