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leak
  1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
  2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
  3. A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
  4. The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
  5. A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
  6. (computing) The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
  7. (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “While diesel is less flammable than gasoline, any fuel leak creates serious safety and environmental risks in a marine setting.”
      “The leak of classified information is certainly troubling to the present administration.”
      “Fire brigade officers say there was a leak in a pipe on the first floor.”
leakage
  1. an act of leaking, or something that leaks
  2. the amount lost due to a leak
  3. an undesirable flow of electric current through insulation
  4. loss of retail stock, especially due to theft
  5. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “A cursory inspection in this way might well have shown that the brake linings, for example, were unduly worn but might not have revealed the leakage of fluid.”
      “Gas could leak from the unsealed core, while working in water could also result in leakage.”
      “Axle bearings, suspensions, pivot points, and all lube points should be checked to see if there is any leakage or potential failures.”
leaker
  1. Somebody who leaks information.
  2. Anything that leaks.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Accordingly, the hunt for the leaker continues, with much speculation over who it might have been.”
      “But if the reporter doesn't make that call, the leaker gets the story the leaker wants, unmolested by thorough reporting.”
      “They increase productivity of packaging lines while ensuring a safe process with a reduction of leaker rates.”
leaking
leakproofness
  1. The quality of being leakproof.
leakee
  1. One about whom information is leaked.
leakiness
  1. The property of being leaky.
  2. Examples:
    1. “These residual responses could reflect leakiness of the mutants, redundant olfactory mechanisms, or some kind of nonspecific odorant response.”
      “Patients who have taken those drugs may have changes in their heart valves that cause leakiness and backflow of blood.”
      “But its leakiness grew worse in the tropics, and an inspection of the careened vessel in the Gulf of Carpentaria revealed the worst.”
leakinesses
  1. plural of leakiness
leakages
  1. plural of leakage
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  3. Examples:
    1. “All farmers in the area are asked to check drinking troughs for leakages as many householders in the scheme have little or no water.”
      “This project was aimed at identifying leakages which would reduce both water pilferage and contamination.”
      “Water and sewage leakages also create traffic congestion as the roads become potholed.”
leakings
  1. plural of leaking
leakees
  1. plural of leakee
leakers
  1. plural of leaker
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Here's a follow-up question I wish one of the elect would ask the designated White House leakers.”
      “The House bill, introduced last Thursday, contains strong protection for leakers and probably would have prevented the subpoena.”
      “That is because our original sources are classified, or they are leakers who do not care to be identified.”
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