leak

Meanings

Plural: leaks

Noun

• an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
  • "one of the tires developed a leak"
• soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
• a euphemism for urination
  • "he had to take a leak"
• the discharge of a fluid from some container
  • "he had to clean up the leak"
• unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
• A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
• The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
• A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
• The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
• A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
• The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
• An act of urination.

Verb

• tell anonymously
  • "The news were leaked to the paper"
• be leaked
  • "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
• 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"
• have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out
  • "The container leaked gasoline"
  • "the roof leaks badly"
• To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
• (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
• To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.
• To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.
• To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.
• To urinate.
• To bleed.

Adj

• Leaky.

Synonyms

break the seal, escape, hit the head, leak out, leakage, making water, micturate, news leak, outflow, pass water, passing water, pee, piddle, piss, slash, take a leak, take a piss, take a whiz, urinate, void, wee, wee wee, wetting, whiz, widdle

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