leak
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), of Low German or North Germanic origin, compare Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”), Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”), both from Proto-Germanic *likanan (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg(')- (“to leak”). Cognate with Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), Old High German lecchen (“to drain, become dry”), German Leck (“a leak”). More at leach, lake.
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[edit] Noun
- A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
- a leak in a roof
- a leak in a boat
- a leak in a gas pipe
- The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
- The leak gained on the ship's pumps.
- A divulgation, or disclosure, of information held secret util then.
- The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred.
- The press must have learned about the plan through a leak.
[edit] Translations
hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
entrance or escape of a fluid
divulgation, or disclosure, of information
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[edit] Verb
leak (third-person singular simple present leaks, present participle leaking, simple past and past participle leaked)
- To allow fluid to escape or enter something that should be sealed.
- The faucet has been leaking since last month.
- To reveal secret information.
- Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.
[edit] Translations
to allow fluid to escape or enter
to reveal secret information
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- IPA: /liːk/
[edit] Verb
leak
- Imperative singular of leaken.
- (colloquial) First-person singular present of leaken.
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