leak

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"We go take a look at whatever the breach or the leak is and we track it back to who or whatever caused it and we take whatever necessary action," Bienfait said.

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  1. intransitive verb To permit the escape, entry, or passage of something through a breach or flaw: rusted pipes that were beginning to leak; a boat leaking at the seams.
  2. intransitive verb To escape or pass through a breach or flaw: helium leaking slowly from the balloon.
  3. intransitive verb Informal To become publicly known through a breach of secrecy: The news has leaked.
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  • And a leak is a direct invitation to violent fringe groups. —  Muller, Marcia - [14] Wolf in the shadows
  • Tracing the leak was a one-man job and he should be the man. —  ASTOUNDING
  • "I wouldn't tell even if I did know, which I don't, because the leak was anonymous." —  Ross, JoAnn - Stewart Sisters 03 - Out Of The Storm.html
  • The size of the leak is about the size of the tip of a pen on a seven-inch diameter valve, said Pete Nickolenko, the mission's launch director.
  • More than anything, the leak was aimed at scaring Gov. —  Media Nation
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leakage ·  contamination ·  explosion ·  spill ·  valve ·  damage ·  hose ·  drain ·  breach ·  hazard ·  reservoir ·  outlet

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leak:   leaks ·  leaking ·  leaked
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English leken, probably from Middle Dutch lēken.

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  1. from Middle English leken (prob. of Scandinavian origin) = Dutch lekken = Old High German lechen (only in past participle zerlechen), Middle High German G. lechen, also lecken = Icelandic leka = Danish lække = Swedish läcka, to be leaky, leak; cf. Middle High German lechezen, lechzen, German lechzen, dry up, leak; from the adjective (see leak, a.), which is not found in Middle English or Anglo-Saxon (the rare Anglo-Saxon hlec, leaky—said of a ship—being apparently unrelated); associated with a causal verb, English leach, letch, latch, from Anglo-Saxon leccan = Middle High German lecken, wet; all prob. from an orig. strong verb, Gothic (Moesogothic) as if *likan, be wet. Cf. leach, letch.
  2. = Dutch lek = Low German lek = German lech, now usually leck, after Low German, = Icelandic lekr = Danish læk = Swedish läck, leaky: see the verb.
  3. from Middle English *leke (?) = Dutch lek = German leck = Icelandic leki = Danish læk = Swedish läcka, a leak: see the verb, Cf. leak, a.
 

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