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Etymology[]
Middle English leken from Old Norse leka "to leak, drip" or Template:Dum[[Category:Template:Dum derivations|Leak]] leken "to leak, drip", both from Proto-Germanic *lek- (“‘deficiency’”). Akin to Old English leccan "to water", Old High German lecchen "to become dry". More at leach, lake
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Leak ({{{1}}})
- 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
- The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
- The leak gained on the ship's pumps.
- The person through whom information, especially secret information, escapes.
- The press must have learned about the plan through a leak.
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hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
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entrance or escape of a fluid
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person through whom information escapes
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Verb[]
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to Leak (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- To allow fluid to escape or enter something that should be sealed.
- The faucet has been leaking since last month.
- To reveal secret information.
- Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.
Translations[]
to allow fluid to escape or enter
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to reveal secret information
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Anagrams[]
- aekl,
- kale
- lake
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