leak

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. A [[crack]], [[crevice]], [[fissure]], or [[hole]] which [[admits]] [[water]] or other [[fluid]], or lets it [[escape]].
2. The [[entrance]] or [[escape]] of a [[fluid]] through a [[crack]], [[fissure]], or other [[aperture]].
3. A [[divulgation]], or [[disclosure]], of [[information]] previously held secret.
4. The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
5. A loss of [[electricity]] through [[imperfect]] [[insulation]], or the point where it occurs.
6. {{lb|en|computing}} The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to [[deallocate]] previously reserved portions.
7. {{lb|en|mildly|_|vulgar|slang|especially with the verb "take"}} An act of [[urination]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To allow [[fluid]] or [[gas]] to pass through an [[opening]] that should be [[sealed]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[disclose]] secret information [[surreptitiously]] or [[anonymously]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|figurative|by extension}} To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative|by extension}} To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.
6. {{lb|en|slang}} To emit bodily fluids:

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[leaky|Leaky]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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