Sekirov Dictionary

leak

/liːk/

noun7

  1. a break in something that is meant to hold back water or gas, so that some of it gets through
  2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
  3. A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
  4. A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
  5. (slang, vulgar) An act of urination.
  6. The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
  7. The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.

verb9

  1. To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
  2. (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
  3. (figurative) To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.
  4. (figurative) To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.
  5. To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.
  6. (slang) To emit bodily fluids.
  7. (slang, euphemistic) To urinate.
  8. (US, slang) To bleed.
  9. (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.

adjective1

  1. (no longer used) Leaky.
forms

leaked · leaking · leaketh · leaks · leakest · more leak · most leak

Phrases with leak

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