Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leaking"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
leaking
adj : (of ships and boats) permitting leakage [syn: {leaky}]
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