leak
A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
Other meanings
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
“The leak gained on the ship's pumps.”
A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
“The leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military.”
A kind of
- hole
Related words
- Vatileaks
- antileak
- endoleak
- inleak
- leakage
- Leakgate
- leakless
- leakproof
- leaktivism
- megaleak
- microleak
- superleak
Example sentences
Word history
From Old Norse "leka" (to leak, drip).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “leak” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.