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- DictionaryLeak/lēk/
verb
- 1. (of a container or covering) accidentally lose or admit contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack: "the roof leaked"
- 2. intentionally disclose (something private or secret): "who had a motive to leak the story?"
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"
- 2. an intentional disclosure of something secret or private: "one of the employees was responsible for the leak"
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 ...
1. a. : a crack or hole that usually by mistake admits or lets escape. b. : something that permits the admission or escape of something else usually with prejudicial effect. 2. : the act, process, or an instance of leaking. 3. sometimes vulgar : an act of urinatingused especially in the phrase take a leak.
Check pronunciation: leak. Definition of leak verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 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.
leak (lēk), n. 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.
Apr 9, 2024 · 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. The babies' diapers had big leaks.
noun. uk / liːk/ a hole in something that a liquid or gas comes out of: There is a leak in the roof. an act of telling people secret information. (Definition of leak from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of leak. in Chinese (Traditional) 液體或氣體, （液體或氣體）漏，洩漏, 資訊… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
