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| 1. n. plural of leak |  |
| leak | |
| 1. n. 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 | |
| 2. n. 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. | |
| 3. n. A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret. | |
| The leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military. | |
| 4. n. The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs. | |
| The press must have learned about the plan through a leak. | |
| 5. n. A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs. | |
| 6. n. (computing) The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions. | |
| resource leak | |
| memory leak | |
| 7. n. (vulgar, slang) An act of urination. | |
| I have to take a leak. | |
| 8. v. To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed. | |
| The wells are believed to have been leaking oil for decades, long after the operating company ceased to exist. | |
| The faucet has been leaking since last month. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed. | |
| No one realized that propane gas was leaking from a rusty tank in the concession area, slowly filling the unventilated room. | |
| 10. v. To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously. | |
| Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon. | |
| 11. adj. (obsolete) Leaky. | |
