Found 3 items, similar to leak.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: leak
bocor, bocoran, kebocoran, merembes, merembesi
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: leak
leak
v 1: tell anonymously;
“The news were leaked to the paper”
2: be leaked;
“The news leaked out despite his secrecy” [syn:
leak out
]
3: enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure;
“Water leaked out of the can into the backpack”;
“Gas
leaked into the basement”
4: have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or
go out;
“The container leaked gasoline”;
“the roof leaks
badly”
leak
n 1: an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light
etc.) to enter or escape;
“one of the tires developed a
leak”
2: soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
3: a euphemism for urination;
“he had to take a leak” [syn:
wetting,
making water,
passing water]
4: the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container;
“they
tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe”;
“he had to clean up the leak” [syn:
escape,
leakage,
outflow]
5: unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of
confidential information [syn:
news leak]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Leak
Leak
\Leak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Leaked (l[=e]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n.
Leaking.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen,
Icel. leka, Dan. l[ae]kke, Sw. l["a]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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Leak
\Leak\, a.
Leaky. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Leak
\Leak\ (l[=e]k), n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck,
Icel. lekr leaky, Dan. l[ae]k leaky, a leak, Sw. l["a]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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