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Definition leak

Etymology

From Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), from Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”) or Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”); both from Proto-Germanic *lekan? (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg-, *le?- (“to leak”). Cognate with Dutch lekken (“to leak”), German lechen, lecken (“to leak”), Swedish läcka (“to leak”), Icelandic leka (“to leak”). Related also to Old English le??an (“to water, wet”), Albanian lag, lak (“I damp, make wet”). See also leach, lake.

Noun

leak (plural leaks)

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

Verb

leak (third-person singular simple present leaks, present participle leaking, simple past and past participle leaked)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
  2. (intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.

Adjective

leak (comparative more leak, superlative most leak)

  1. (obsolete) Leaky.

Results 468 Words with the letters LEAK

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8 letter words with the letters LEAK 
7 letter words with the letters LEAK 
6 letter words with the letters LEAK 
AKELAS 11
ALKANE 12
ALKENE 12
ALKIES 11
ALKINE 12
ALKYNE 14
ALSIKE 11
ANKLED 13
ANKLES 12
ANKLET 12
AUKLET 12
AXLIKE 18
BALKED 15
BALKER 14
BLEAKS 14
CACKLE 17
CALKED 15
CALKER 14
DARKLE 12
FLAKED 15
FLAKER 14
FLAKES 14
FLAKEY 16
HACKLE 16
KAYLES 13
KEBLAH 16
KNAWEL 15
LACKED 15
LACKER 14
LACKEY 16
LAKERS 11
LAKIER 11
LANKER 12
LARKED 12
LARKER 11
LATKES 11
LEAKED 12
LEAKER 11
LEKVAR 15
MACKLE 17
RACKLE 14
RANKLE 12
SLAKED 12
SLAKER 11
SLAKES 11
SPLAKE 14
TACKLE 14
TALKED 12
TALKER 11
TALKIE 11
VAKEEL 15
WALKED 15
WALKER 14
WEAKLY 16
5 letter words with the letters LEAK 
AKELA 10
ALIKE 10
ANKLE 11
BLEAK 13
FLAKE 13
KALES 10
LAKED 11
LAKER 10
LAKES 10
LATKE 10
LEAKS 10
LEAKY 12
SLAKE 10
4 letter words with the letters LEAK 
KALE 9
LAKE 9
LEAK 9
3 letter words with the letters LEAK 
ALE 4
ELK 8
KAE 7
KEA 7
LEA 4
LEK 8
2 letter words with the letters LEAK 
AE 2
AL 3
EL 3
KA 6
LA 3

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