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- Dictionaryleaking/ˈlēkiNG/
adjective
- 1. (of a container or covering) accidentally losing or admitting contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack: "a leaking gutter"
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1. a. : to enter or escape through an opening usually by a fault or mistake. fumes leak in. b. : to let a substance or light in or out through an opening. The roof was leaking. 2. a. : to become known despite efforts at concealment. confidential information leaked out. b. : to be the source of an information leak. transitive verb. 1.
(of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container; (of a container) to allow liquid or gas to escape: Water was leaking from the pipe. Oil leaked out of the car. The car leaked oil all over the drive. The tin was leaking. Fewer examples. The kitchen roof is apt to leak when it rains. Make sure the bucket doesn't leak.
(of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container; (of a container) to allow liquid or gas to escape: Water was leaking from the pipe. Oil leaked out of the car. The car leaked oil all over the drive. The tin was leaking. Fewer examples. The kitchen roof is apt to leak when it rains. Make sure the bucket doesn't leak.
1. To permit (a substance) to escape or pass through a breach or flaw: a damaged reactor leaking radioactivity into the atmosphere. 2. To disclose without authorization or official sanction: leaked classified information to a reporter. n. 1.
If a secret document or piece of information leaks or is leaked, someone lets the public know about it. Last year, a civil servant was imprisoned for leaking a document to the press. [ VERB noun + to ]
(of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container; (of a container) to allow liquid or gas to escape: Water was leaking from the pipe. Oil leaked out of the car. The car leaked oil all over the drive. The can was leaking. Fewer examples. The kitchen roof is apt to leak when it rains. Make sure the bucket doesn't leak.
1. 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. 2. To escape or pass through a breach or flaw: helium leaking slowly from the balloon. 3. To become publicly known through a breach of secrecy: The news has leaked. v.tr. 1.
Definition of leak verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
leak. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English leak1 /liːk/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] if a container, pipe, roof etc leaks, or if it leaks gas, liquid etc, there is a small hole or crack in it that lets gas or liquid flow through The roof is leaking. A tanker is leaking oil off the coast of Scotland. 2 [intransitive always + ...
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. Electricity the loss of current from a conductor, usually resulting from poor insulation.
