Look up: leak

1. Leak
   1) Light that is unintentionally emitted from holes around the lantern. 2) Voltage from a badly adjusted dimmer that causes lanterns to be on when they should be off.
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2. leak
   [n] - soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi 2. [n] - a euphemism for urination 3. [n] - an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape 4. [n] - unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information 5. [v]<...
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3. Leak
   Technically, a leak is a hole or porosity in an enclosure capable of passing a fluid from the higher pressure side to the lower pressure side. Leaks are often conceived of being simply a round hole, however, this is almost never the case. A leak normally
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4. leak
   an unintended hole or fissure in a vessel containing or immersed in a fluid, which lets the fluid pass into or out of the vessel; i.e. the ingress of water into the hull of a ship, caused by damage to the hull plating, or defects in watertight closures such as deck hatches or side scuttles; or the e...
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5. Leak
   Leak noun [ Akin to Dutch lek leaky, a leak, German leck , Icelandic lekr leaky, Danish læk leaky, a leak, Swedish läck ; confer Anglo-Saxon hlec full of cracks or leaky. Confer Leak ,
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6. Leak
   Leak adjective Leaky. [ Obsolete] Spenser.
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7. Leak
   Leak intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Leaked ; present participle & verbal noun Leaking .] [ Akin to Dutch lekken , German lecken , lechen , Icelandic ...
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8. Leak
   Leak noun (Electricity) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.
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9. leak
   news leak noun unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
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10. leak
    wetting noun a euphemism for urination; `he had to take a leak`
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11. leak
    noun 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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12. leak
    noun soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
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13. leak
    verb have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; `The container leaked gasoline`; `the roof leaks badly`
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14. leak
    verb tell anonymously; `The news were leaked to the paper`
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15. leak
    verb be leaked; `The news leaked out despite his secrecy`
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16. Leak
    • (a.) Leaky. • (v.) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. • (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ...
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17. Leak
    [disambiguation] A leak is a hole through which substances can escape or enter. Leak may also refer to: ...
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18. Leak
    Usually unintended and therefore undesired, a leak is a way (usually an opening) for fluid to escape a container or fluid-containing system, such as a tank or a ship`s hull, through which the contents of the container can escape or outside matter can enter the container. The word "leak" is also used as a verb; matter going through the opening i...
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19. LEAK
    LEAK is the brand name for high-fidelity audio equipment made by H. J. Leak & Co. Ltd, of London, England. The company was founded in 1934 by Harold Joseph Leak and was sold to the Rank Organisation in January 1969. During the 1950s and 60s, the company produced high-quality amplifiers, radio tuner...
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20. Leak
    Leak is slang for an act of urination.
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21. Leak
    Leak is slang for an act of urination.
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22. leak
    (programming) With a qualifier, one of a class of resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak out). This leads to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests come in. One might refer to, say,...
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23. Leak
    Technically, a leak is a hole or porosity in an enclosure capable of passing a fluid from the higher pressure side to the lower pressure side. Leaks are often conceived of being simply a round hole, however, this is almost never the case. A leak normally has an involved geometry sometimes extending ...
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24. leak
    opening, however small, that allows undesirable passage of a fluid from its containing boundaries
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25. leak
    a hole or crack which allows water to pass thorough
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