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Definition of leak
- unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
- the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
- an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak"
- a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak"
- soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
- have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"
- 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"
- be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
- tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
Hyponyms: bilge, take in water
Entailments: break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
Derivational Morphology: leak out, escape, leakage, outflow, news leak, leaker
Anagrams: kale, lake
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