Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leak"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leak \Leak\, n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel.
lekr leaky, Dan. l[ae]k leaky, a leak, Sw. l["a]ck; cf. AS.
hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. {Leak}, v.]
1. 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. ``One leak will sink
a ship.'' --Bunyan.
2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack,
fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the
ship's pumps.
{To spring a leak}, to open or crack so as to let in water;
to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leak \Leak\, a.
Leaky. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leak \Leak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Leaking}.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel.
leka, Dan. l[ae]kke, Sw. l["a]cka, AS. leccan to wet,
moisten. See {Leak}, n.]
1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole,
crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the
boat leaks.
2. 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.
{To leak out}, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to
become public; as, the facts leaked out.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leak \Leak\, n. (Elec.)
A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the
point at which such loss occurs.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
leak
n 1: an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light
etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a
leak"
2: soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
3: a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn: {wetting},
{making water}, {passing water}]
4: the unwanted 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" [syn: {escape}, {leakage}, {outflow}]
5: unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of
confidential information
v 1: tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
2: be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" [syn: {leak
out}]
3: enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure;
"Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"
4: have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or
go out; "The container leaks"
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