leak in English

noun

1

a hole in a container or covering through which contents, especially liquid or gas, may accidentally pass.

I checked all of the pipes for leaks

synonyms: hole, opening, aperture, puncture, perforation, gash, slit, nick, rent, break, crack, fissure, rupture

2

an intentional disclosure of secret information.

one of the employees was responsible for the leak

synonyms: disclosure, revelation, exposé, leakage, tip-off, hot tip

verb

1

(of a container or covering) accidentally lose or admit contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack.

the roof leaked

synonyms: seep (out), escape, ooze (out), secrete, bleed, emanate, issue, drip, dribble, drain, discharge, exude

2

(of secret information) become known.

the news leaked out

noun

hole, opening, aperture, puncture, perforation, gash, slit, nick, rent, break, crack, fissure, rupture
discharge, leakage, seepage, drip, escape
disclosure, revelation, exposé, leakage, tip-off, hot tip
outflow, leakage, escape
wetting

verb

seep (out), disclose, leak out
seep (out), escape, ooze (out), secrete, bleed, emanate, issue, drip, dribble, drain, discharge, exude
disclose, divulge, reveal, make public, tell, impart, pass on, relate, communicate, expose, broadcast, publish, release, let slip, bring into the open, blab, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans
leak out

Use "leak" in a sentence

1. Lobby Buy/Sell Money Leak Premium Leak Cracking Blackhat: CrackingBox

2. Leak detector sprays

3. Old vessels must leak.

4. Leak-Resistant Adjustable Shock Absorbers

5. Hydrogen leak, battery deck one.

6. But it actually doesn't leak.

7. To leak-proof your books.

8. The plumber fixed the leak.

9. Leak test apparatus (supplied by owner) capable of producing a leak of 0.25 cubic feet per hour.

10. I managed to plug the leak.

11. I can smell a gas leak.

12. Intake manifold air leak: A lean condition due to an intake manifold air leak can cause Backfiring.

13. Valve damaged or excessive air leak.

14. Why did you leak the draft?

15. Axon patch clamp amplifier leak subtraction could subtract the leak current produced by single depolarizing pulse but not the leak current produced by a series of different step depolarizing pulses.

16. Don't worry, it'll never leak out

17. The boat had a small leak.

18. Leak detection apparatus, for cable ways, hygrometers

19. No, that's the bucket for the leak.

20. My pen is rather apt to leak.

21. (a) Valve damaged or excessive air leak.

22. There is a leak from the inside.

23. I'm serious, I gotta take a leak.

24. Fortunately, we spotted the leak in time.

25. There is a leak in the ceiling.

26. There is a leak in the roof.

27. 9 The boat had sprung a leak .

28. There must have been a coolant leak.

29. There has been a leak of information.

30. 5 The pipe has sprung a leak.

31. Tighten or block up the leak point.

32. (c) failure of bleed air leak detection system.

33. A leak in the circulation can seal itself.

34. Prolonged Chyle leak can therefore lead to mortality

35. The chemical leak had poisoned the water supply.

36. He wasn't too bothered about the slight leak.

37. A Chyle leak identified intraoperatively warrants immediate repair

38. c) failure of bleed air leak detection system

39. " A small leak can sink a great ship. "

40. An Anastomosis leak occurs if the new connection leaks

41. We can't pin down where the leak came from.

42. Industrial customers are not eligible for leak Adjustments

43. Ah, Corporal, we've come to mend a leak.

44. Water had started to leak into the cellar.

45. The pouch adjacent to the leak is also rejected.

46. (ii) Hot bleed air leak resulting in structural damage.

47. Six patients (31.6 %) had anastomotic leak after initial surgery.

48. A little leak will sink a great ship. 

49. 4 The chemical leak had poisoned the water supply.

50. Former SolarWinds CEO Blames intern for 'solarwinds123' password leak