leak

IPA: ɫˈik

A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
(computing) The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
(mildly vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
A surname.

(transitive, intransitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
(intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
(transitive, intransitive) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.
(intransitive, figurative, by extension) To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.
(transitive, figurative, by extension) To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.
(slang, sometimes euphemistic) To urinate.
(slang, US) To bleed.

Examples of "leak" in Sentences

Trying to explain why it was a leak is the task at hand.
Let the word leak out that you knew there was a chance he went missing but refused to say anything.
The best chance at stopping the leak is a relief well, which is at least two months from completion.
From what I can tell, the primary significance of the leak is the act itself: the sheer comeuppance of it.
This way you can find out where the other leak is and get it all fixed prior to putting in your new cabinets.
While you were cool enough to let fans in on your thoughts & cool designs with your Blog - giving them valuable insight to the creative process - the only person to blame for the leak is yourself.