Thesaurus: leak

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1. v. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.
2. v. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
3. a. Leaky.
4. n. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
5. n. To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.
6. n. an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
7. n. soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
8. n. a euphemism for urination
9. n. the discharge of a fluid from some container
10. n. unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
11. v. tell anonymously
12. v. be leaked