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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"
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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"
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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"
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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
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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"
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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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#54199 | efflux | |
#55635 | spillage | |
#87565 | escapism | |
#102162 | fuga | |
#165714 | absconding | |
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How to use leak in a sentence?
Now, I realize it sounds like I just said that a once-in-a-generation event happened twice in short succession, and pandemics are indeed rare, but once all the conditions are in place -- that is a zoonotic virus capable of both human infection and human transmission that is in close proximity to humans -- the barriers to spillover have been lowered such that multiple introductions, we believe, should actually be expected, i was quite convinced of the lab leak Kristian Andersen, until we dove into this very carefully and looked at it much closer.
If you don't look for these things, you don't find them in time, it's a dramatic example of a phenomenon that is common, and it's the reason why it becomes so critically important for the feds and the states to require systematic leak detection and repair programs.
If you leak info, you will be prosecuted.
There's a real lack of respect for the water that we've got, this really, quite precious resource, we drink it, we use it to grow our food, and yet we are still letting it leak all over the place. That's one of the biggest issues. The water companies are just letting it leak -- they've really dropped the ball there.
In a situation of economic difficulty they have to stimulate consumption and what they think is: give grassroots people money and it will circulate, though the junta's action is exactly the same as previous governments, they claim that this time money will not leak.
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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