A crack or flaw that permits something to escape from or enter a container or conduit: fixed the leak in the roof.
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An amount leaked: equipment used in cleaning up oil leaks.
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Loss of electric current as a result of faulty insulation.
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The act or instance of leaking.
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The path or place at which this loss takes place.
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verb-intransitive
Informal To become publicly known through a breach of secrecy: The news has leaked.
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To escape or pass through a breach or flaw: helium leaking slowly from the balloon.
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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.
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verb-transitive
Informal To disclose without authorization or official sanction: leaked classified information to a reporter.
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To permit (a substance) to escape or pass through a breach or flaw: a damaged reactor leaking radioactivity into the atmosphere.
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idiom
Take a leak Vulgar Slang To urinate.
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verb
To enter or escape through an opening usually by a fault or mistake .
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To let a substance or light in or out through an opening.
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To become known despite efforts at concealment .
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To be the source of an information leak.
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To permit to enter or escape through or as if through a leak.
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