leak

leak1 [ lik ] verb *

1. ) intransitive or transitive if an object or container leaks or if it leaks something, liquid or gas comes out of it through a hole or crack:

The roof is still leaking.

If the boiler is broken, it may be leaking dangerous gas.

a ) intransitive if a liquid or gas leaks, it comes out of an object or container through a hole or crack:

leak from/out of: Oil was leaking from the pipeline.

leak into: Radioactive water has leaked into the reservoir.

2. ) transitive to tell private or secret information to reporters or to the public:

A secret memorandum had been leaked to the press.

Staff were interviewed to find out who leaked the story.

a leaked report

leak like a sieve

1. ) to allow a lot of liquid or gas to come out

2. ) to allow a lot of private or secret information to be told to the public

,leak `out phrasal verb intransitive

to become known by the public:

News leaked out that he was leaving the show.

leak

leak 2 [ lik ] noun count *

1. ) a hole or crack in an object or container that a liquid or gas comes out of:

spring a leak (=suddenly start to have one): The bathroom flooded because the water tank sprang a leak.

leak in: a leak in the roof

a ) an amount of liquid or gas that comes out of a hole or crack in something:

a gas/oil leak: The explosion was caused by a gas leak in the main line.

2. ) an occasion when secret or private information is told to reporters:

Jackson said he did not believe the leaks came from his office.

take a leak IMPOLITE

to URINATE (=pass liquid waste from your body)