Definitions for leak
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. leaknoun

   an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape

   "one of the tires developed a leak"

2. leaknoun

   soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi

3. leak, wetting, making water, passing waternoun

   a euphemism for urination

   "he had to take a leak"

4. escape, leak, leakage, outflownoun

   the discharge of a fluid from some container

   "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"

5. leak, news leakverb

   unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information

6. leakverb

   tell anonymously

   "The news were leaked to the paper"

7. leak, leak outverb

   be leaked

   "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"

8. leakverb

   enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure

   "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"

9. leakverb

   have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out

   "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leaknoun

   The disclosure of information that is expected to be kept confidential; as, leaks by the White House staff infuriated Nixon; leaks by the Special Prosecutor were criticized as illegal.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. leaknoun

   A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.

2. leaknoun

   The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.

   The leak gained on the ship's pumps.

3. leaknoun

   A divulgation, or disclosure, of information held secret util then.

4. leaknoun

   The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred.

   The press must have learned about the plan through a leak.

5. leakverb

   To allow fluid to escape or enter something that should be sealed.

   The faucet has been leaking since last month.

6. leakverb

   To reveal secret information.

   Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.

7. Etymology: From leken, of or origin, compare leken, leka, both from likanan, from leg(')-. Cognate with leccan, lecchen, Leck, Albanian lag,lak. More at leach, lake.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LEAKnoun

   A breach or hole which lets in water.

   Etymology: leck, leke, Dutch.

   There will be always evils, which no art of man can cure; breaches and leaks more than man’s wit hath hands to stop. Richard Hooker.

   The water rushes in, as it doth usually in the leak of a ship. John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick.

   Whether she sprung a leak I cannot find,
   Or whether she was over set with wind,
   Or that some rock below her bottom rent,
   But down at once with all her crew she went. Dryden.

2. To Leakverb

   1. To let water in or out.

   They will allow us ne’er a jordan, and then we leak in your chimney. William Shakespeare.

   The water, which will perhaps by degrees leak into several parts, may be emptied out again. John Wilkins, Math. Magick.

   His feet should be washed every day in cold water; and have his shoes so thin, that they might leak, and let in water. John Locke.

   2. To drop through a breach.

   Golden stars hung o’er their heads,
   And seemed so crowded, that they burst upon ’em,
   And dart at once their baleful influence
   In leaking fire. John Dryden, Oedipus.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LEAK

   LEAK is the brand name for high-fidelity audio equipment made by H. J. Leak & Co. Ltd, of London, England. The company was founded in 1934 by Harold Joseph Leak and was sold to the Rank Organisation in January 1969. During the 1950s and 1960s, the company produced high-quality amplifiers, radio tuners, loudspeakers (the LEAK Sandwich), pickups, arms and a turntable. The sale of the business to Rank saw an expanded range of models, and considerable further development of loudspeakers, but Rank was not able to position the brand to counter competition from Japanese electronics manufacturers, so by the late 1970s, electronics and speaker production ceased under the LEAK name.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. leak

   A leak generally refers to an unintentional escape or release of something from a confined or enclosed space such as liquid, gas, light, information, or energy. This can be due to a hole, crack or fault in a container or system. Leaks can be physical or abstract in nature, referring to anything from water leakage in a pipe to leakage of confidential information in an organization.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leak

   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

2. Leak

   the entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps

3. Leakadjective

   leaky

4. Leaknoun

   to let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks

5. Leaknoun

   to enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out

6. Etymology: [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. lkke, Sw. lcka, AS. leccan to wet, moisten. See Leak, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LEAK

   LEAK is the brand name for high-fidelity audio equipment made by H. J. Leak & Co. Ltd, of London, England. The company was founded in 1934 by Harold Joseph Leak and was sold to the Rank Organisation in January 1969. During the 1950s and 60s, the company produced high-quality amplifiers, radio tuners, loudspeakers, pickups, arms and a turntable. The sale of the business to Rank saw an expanded range of models, and considerable further development of loudspeakers, but Rank was not able to position the brand to counter competition from Japanese electronics manufacturers, so by the late 1970s electronics and speaker production ceased under the LEAK name.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leak

   lēk, n. a crack or hole in a vessel through which liquid may pass: the oozing of any fluid through an opening.—v.i. to let any fluid into or out of a vessel through a leak.—ns. Leak′age, a leaking: that which enters or escapes by leaking: an allowance for leaking; Leak′iness.—adj. Leak′y, having leaks: letting any liquid in or out.—Leak out, to find vent, to get to the public ears; Spring a leak, to begin to let in water. [Ice. leka; Dut. lekken, to drip.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. leak

   With qualifier, one of a class of resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak out). This leads to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests come in. memory leak has its own entry; one might also refer, to, say, a window handle leak in a window system.

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leak

   A loss or escape of electricity by accidental connection either with the ground or with some conductor. There are various kinds of leak to which descriptive terms are applied.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. leak

   [Anglo-Saxon leccinc]. A chink in the deck, sides, or bottom of a ship, through which the water gets into her hull. When a leak begins, a vessel is said to have sprung a leak.

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1. LEAK

   What does LEAK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LEAK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LEAK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Leak is ranked #6684 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Leak surname appeared 5,053 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Leak.
   
   57.3% or 2,898 total occurrences were Black.
   34.7% or 1,754 total occurrences were White.
   2.6% or 136 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.4% or 124 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.2% or 114 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.5% or 27 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Anagrams for leak »

1. kale

2. lake

How to pronounce leak?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of leak in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of leak in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of leak in a Sentence

1. Fulan Nasrullah:

   The government is angry about the leak, as are the insurgents, the insurgents are not currently willing to negotiate for the girls following the government's alleged bad faith in previous negotiations.

2. Mike Davis:

   The nine justices, their more than three dozen law clerks, and the administrative aides must constantly and collegially collaborate to draft opinions in order for Supreme Court to function, this requires strict confidence, and utmost trust, both of which this unprecedented leak shattered.

3. Susheel Kodali:

   In terms of reducing significant perivalvular leak, the rates are extremely low.

4. Aitan Goelman:

   The term' Media Leak Strategy' in Mr. Strzok's text refers to a Department-wide initiative to detect and stop leaks to the media.

5. Nicole Tisdale:

   It's not about fixing a small problem so that it doesn't become a bigger problem. It's about what happens when folks feel there's been any leak in the boat, and folks thinking that the whole thing could sink.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=leak
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=leak
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leak
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=leak
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leak
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leak
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=leak
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=leak
10. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Leak
11. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=leak
12. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=leak
13. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html