LEAK
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Leak (l&ē;k), n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel. lekr leaky, Dan. læk leaky, a leak, Sw. l&ä;ck; cf. AS. hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. Leak, v.] 1. 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. “One leak will sink a ship.” Bunyan.
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2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
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3. (Elec.) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.
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4. an act of urinating; -- used mostly in the phrase take a leak, i. e. to urinate. [vulgar]
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5. The disclosure of information that is expected to be kept confidential; as, leaks by the White House staff infuriated Nixon; leaks by the Special Prosecutor were criticized as illegal.
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To spring a leak, to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.
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Leak, a. Leaky. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Leak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaked (l&ē;kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaking.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. lække, Sw. l&ä;cka, AS. leccan to wet, moisten. See Leak, n.] 1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
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2. 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.
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To leak out, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked out.
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