Definition of leak

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Leak (v.) 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..

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Escape :: Escape (n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation..
Dribble :: Dribble (n.) A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.
Leak :: Leak (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks..
Ooze :: Ooze (n.) Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out..
Wastage :: Wastage (n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste..
Water-tight :: Water-tight (a.) So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky..
Leaky :: Leaky (superl.) Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask..
Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out..
Leaky :: Leaky (superl.) Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close.
Leak :: Leak (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps..
Bowge :: Bowge (v. t.) To cause to leak.
Bilge :: Bilge (v. i.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
Leaked :: Leaked (imp. & p. p.) of Lea.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable..
Paramo :: Paramo (n.) A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America..
Raw :: Raw (superl.) Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind..
Escape :: Escape (n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid..
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..
Leak :: Leak (a.) Leaky.
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