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leaknoun
an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
"one of the tires developed a leak"
Synonyms:
news leak, outflow, passing water, wetting, leakage, escape, making waterleaknoun
soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
Synonyms:
news leak, outflow, passing water, wetting, leakage, escape, making waterleak, wetting, making water, passing waternoun
a euphemism for urination
"he had to take a leak"
Synonyms:
wetting, making water, leakage, escape, news leak, outflow, passing waterescape, leak, leakage, outflownoun
the discharge of a fluid from some container
"they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
Synonyms:
leakage, evasion, escape co*ck, fountain, escapism, flight, safety valve, escape, spring, news leak, dodging, wetting, passing water, making water, effluence, relief valve, natural spring, efflux, escape valve, outpouring, outflowleak, news leakverb
unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
Synonyms:
wetting, making water, leakage, escape, news leak, outflow, passing waterleakverb
tell anonymously
"The news were leaked to the paper"
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leak outleak, leak outverb
be leaked
"The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
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leak outleakverb
enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure
"Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basem*nt"
Synonyms:
leak outleakverb
have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out
"The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"
Synonyms:
leak out
Matched Categories
- Disclose
- Hole
- Issue
- Soft Rot
Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote
leaknoun
Synonyms:
fissure (letting a liquid in or out), chink, crevice, hole
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leakverb
Synonyms:
percolate, filter, ooze
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List of paraphrases for "leak":
leakage, leaked, flight, leaks, escape, leakproofness, absconding, spill, tailrace, getaway, leaking, waterproofing, brain, drop-out, fuga, seepage, spillage, flee
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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| #1249 | spring | |
| #2061 | flight | |
| #2386 | brain | |
| #4430 | escape | |
| #8063 | fountain | |
| #10170 | leak | |
| #11777 | spill | |
| #13338 | getaway | |
| #16519 | leaks | |
| #17226 | leakage | |
| #19158 | flee | |
| #22115 | leaking | |
| #24672 | leaked | |
| #27354 | evasion | |
| #28247 | outflow | |
| #32046 | wetting | |
| #33163 | waterproofing | |
| #42980 | dodging | |
| #47328 | seepage | |
| #53663 | outpouring | |
| #54199 | efflux | |
| #55635 | spillage | |
| #87565 | escapism | |
| #102162 | fuga | |
| #165714 | absconding | |
| #168255 | tailrace |
How to use leak in a sentence?
These are the pieces of data cyber criminals spend time searching for to perform social engineering attacks, but now they're all in one place and easily accessible in this leak, which makes social engineering quicker and easier.
It may have been a pretty significant blow to the head, maybe a fall in the bathroom, or on the headboard of your bed, you don't think anything of it. Small veins can tear as a result of that blow and blood can start to leak.
A leak like this affects the credibility of the agencies and how they cooperate, it could lead to the termination of certain projects.
There's a lot of smoke here, no definitive flame, but database goes down. No sharing of samples of these potential lab workers who got sickened. No forensic analysis of the lab. It starts to sound like there wasn't a really definitive investigation of the lab-leak theory.
The leak of that draft opinion was just an absolutely terrible, cataclysmic event for the court, i think it was a breach of trust, it was obviously a breach of integrity. And I think it's going to take a long time for the scars from that leak to heal.
Translations for leak
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- تسربArabic
- únik, díra, průsakCzech
- lækkeDanish
- durchsickern, tropfen, undicht, leaken, Stelle, Leck, leckenGerman
- διαρρέω, διαρροήGreek
- likiEsperanto
- vía, filtración, rotura, gotera, pérdida, agujero, filtrarSpanish
- نشتPersian
- vuoto, vuotaaFinnish
- fuir, fuite, taupe, voie d'eauFrench
- szivárogtatás, szivárog, csepeg, lék, kiszivárogtatHungarian
- liko, likarIdo
- lekiIcelandic
- infiltrazione, perdita, talpa, filtrare, falla, far trapelare, perdere, dispersione, percolare, trapelare, fuga, fessura, crepaItalian
- 漏れ口, リーク, 漏れる, 漏れJapanese
- 새다Korean
- sūce, teceLatvian
- lek, lekkenDutch
- lekkasje, lekkeNorwegian
- przeciek, przeciekaćPolish
- vazamento, vazador, vazarPortuguese
- утечка, течь, протекать, протечкаRussian
- läckaSwedish
- tiết lộ, làm rò rỉVietnamese
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