leak/leek
leak (lēk)
Verb leaked, leaking, leaks.
Verb. Intransitive
- To permit the escape, entry, or passage of something through a breach or flaw: rusted pipes that were beginning to leak; a boat leaking at the seams.
- To escape or pass through a breach or flaw: helium leaking slowly from the balloon.
- Informal. To become publicly known through a breach of secrecy: The news has leaked.
Verb. Transitive
- To permit (a substance) to escape or pass through a breach or flaw: a damaged reactor leaking radioactivity into the atmosphere.
- Informal. To disclose without authorisation or official sanction: leaked classified information to a reporter.
Noun
- A crack or flaw that permits something to escape from or enter a container or conduit: fixed the leak in the roof.
- The act or instance of leaking.
- Informal. An unauthorized or a deliberate disclosure of confidential information:
- Loss of electric current as a result of faulty insulation.
leek (lēk)
Noun
An edible plant (Allium porrum) related to the onion and having a white, slender bulb and flat, dark-green leaves.
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