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Synonyms for leak
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Princeton's WordNet
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 cock, 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 basement"
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
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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.
[ This leak ] brings to light that the women of the Washington Football Team were exposed in these emails, and we do n’t know the extent of it.
I'm trying to get over the shooting of Walter Scott and now we're getting hit with this hand grenade, this atomic bomb. How do you explain this to yourself? This was a racially motivated shooting. It wasn't a gas leak.
If you stuck a balloon over the leak, it would fill up the Rose Bowl.
It’s really the angular and rotational mechanism of the skull that causes the tearing of brain cells, which causes the ion cells to leak out.
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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