an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes:a leak in the roof.
a spreading or release of secret information by an unnamed source:a leak to the press about his role in the conspiracy.
v.
to let a liquid, gas, light, etc., enter or escape, as through a hole or crack:[no object]The boat leaks.
to (cause to) pass in or out in this manner, as liquid, gas, or light: [no object]Gas was leaking from a pipe.[~ + object]The brakes are leaking fluid.
to (cause or allow to) become known: [no object]The news leaked to the public.[~ + object]Who leaked that story to the press?
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes:a leak in the roof.
an act or instance of leaking.
any means of unintended entrance or escape.
Electricitythe loss of current from a conductor, usually resulting from poor insulation.
a disclosure of secret, esp. official, information, as to the news media, by an unnamed source.
take a leak, Slang (vulgar). to urinate.
v.i.
to let a liquid, gas, light, etc., enter or escape, as through an unintended hole or crack:The boat leaks.
to pass in or out in this manner, as liquid, gas, or light:gas leaking from a pipe.
to become known unintentionally (usually fol. by out):The news leaked out.
to disclose secret, esp. official, information anonymously, as to the news media:The official revealed that he had leaked to the press in the hope of saving his own reputation.
v.t.
to let (liquid, gas, light, etc.) enter or escape:This camera leaks light.
to allow to become known, as information given out covertly:to leak the news of the ambassador's visit.
Old Norse leka to drip, leak; akin to Dutch lek, obsolete German lech leaky. See leach1
1375–1425; 1955–60 for def. 12; late Middle English leken