Definition of leak

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Leak (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks..

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Water-tight :: Water-tight (a.) So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky..
Leak :: Leak (n.) To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out..
Aleak :: Aleak (adv. & a.) In a leaking condition.
Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc..
Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out..
Leaked :: Leaked (imp. & p. p.) of Lea.
Leaky :: Leaky (superl.) Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask..
Paramo :: Paramo (n.) A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America..
Allow :: Allow (v. t.) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage..
Fleak :: Fleak (n.) A flake; a thread or twist.
Blay :: Blay (a.) A fish. See Bleak, n..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable..
Bleaky :: Bleaky (a.) Bleak.
Leak :: Leak (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..
Distress :: Distress (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc..
Wastage :: Wastage (n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste..
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..
Leakiness :: Leakiness (n.) The quality of being leaky.
Escape :: Escape (n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation..
Leakage :: Leakage (n.) A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking..
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