What (who) is leak - definition
MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE IN BALINESE MYTHOLOGY
Leák
leak
PROCESS OF FLUID ESCAPING CONTAINMENT
Leaked; Leaking; Leaks; Fuel leak; Fluid leak; Leakage (chemistry); Water leak
I
n.
1) to spring a leak
2) to plug, stop a leak
II
v.
1) (B) ('to divulge') they leaked the news to the press
2) (d; intr.) ('to enter by flowing') to leak into (water leaked into the basement)
3) (D; intr.) ('to escape by flowing') to leak out of (the oil leaked out of the tank)
4) (D; intr.) ('to be divulged') to leak to (the news leaked to the press)
leak
PROCESS OF FLUID ESCAPING CONTAINMENT
Leaked; Leaking; Leaks; Fuel leak; Fluid leak; Leakage (chemistry); Water leak
I. n.
1.
Fissure (letting a liquid in or out), chink, crevice, hole.
2.
Leaking, leakage, percolation.
II. v. a.
1.
Percolate, leak in or out, ooze, pass slowly.
2.
Let in (water or other liquid), take water, etc.
leak
PROCESS OF FLUID ESCAPING CONTAINMENT
Leaked; Leaking; Leaks; Fuel leak; Fluid leak; Leakage (chemistry); Water leak
(leaks, leaking, leaked)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If a container leaks, there is a hole or crack in it which lets a substance such as liquid or gas escape. You can also say that a container leaks a substance such as liquid or gas.
The roof leaked...
The pool's fiberglass sides had cracked and the water had leaked out...
A large diesel tank mysteriously leaked its contents into the river.
VERB: V, V prep/adv, V n into n, also V n
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Leak is also a noun.
It's thought a gas leak may have caused the blast.
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2.
A leak is a crack, hole, or other gap that a substance such as a liquid or gas can pass through.
...a leak in the radiator...
In May engineers found a leak in a hydrogen fuel line.
N-COUNT: oft N in n
3.
If a secret document or piece of information leaks or is leaked, someone lets the public know about it.
Last year, a civil servant was imprisoned for leaking a document to the press...
He revealed who leaked a confidential police report...
We don't know how the transcript leaked.
...a leaked report.
VERB: V n to n, V n, V, V-ed
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Leak is also a noun.
More serious leaks, possibly involving national security, are likely to be investigated by the police.
N-COUNT
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More details are now beginning to leak out...
He said it would leak out to the newspapers and cause a scandal.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P to n
Wikipedia
Leyak
In the folklore of Bali, the Leyak locally pronounced [Leak] (listen) is a mythological figure in the form of a flying head with entrails (heart, lung, liver, etc.) still attached. Leyak is said to fly trying to find a pregnant woman in order to suck her baby's blood or a newborn child. There are three legendary Leyak, two females and one male.
Pronunciation examples for leak
1. Tires leak.
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2. Faucets leak.
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3. - Will this thing leak?
- Navigator, I do not leak,
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4. You leak, Remember?
Flight of the Navigator
5. Bilbao did not leak.
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Examples of use of leak
1. THAT‘S L.E.AK The Welsh assembly has a leak The Welsh assembly has a leak.
2. Libby was prosecuted for actions during the investigation of the leak, not for the leak itself.
3. Congressional investigation/leak on secret prisons, Ethics briefings, Karl Rove/CIA leak investigation, Torture/CIA exemption?
4. Congressional investigation/leak on secret prisons, Ethics briefings, Karl Rove/CIA leak investigation, Torture/CIA exemption?
5. The reason for the leak was unclear but the source said that the company brought the leak quickly under control.