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  • 31leak — [liːk] verb I 1) [I/T] if a pipe, container, roof etc leaks, or if it leaks something, liquid or gas comes out of it through a hole The roof is still leaking.[/ex] 2) [I] if a liquid or gas leaks, it comes out of a pipe, container, roof etc… …

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  • 32leak —    1. an act of urination    Of obvious derivation. Leaks maybe had, done, gone for, needed, sprung, taken, etc. by either sex in mildly vulgar use:     ... shuffling through the house in carpet slippers to take a leak. (Theroux, 1978)    To leak …

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  • 33leak — 1. verb 1) oil leaking from the tanker Syn: seep (out), escape, ooze (out), secrete, bleed, emanate, issue, drip, dribble, drain; discharge, exude 2) civil servants leaked information to the press Syn …

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  • 34leak — [[t]lik[/t]] n. 1) an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof[/ex] 2) an act or instance of leaking 3) any means of unintended entrance or escape 4) elm the loss of… …

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  • 35leak — {{11}}leak (n.) late 15c., from LEAK (Cf. leak) (v.) or O.N. cognate leki. Sense of revelation of secret information is from 1950. Meaning act of urination is attested from 1934 ( Tropic of Cancer ); but the verb meaning to piss is from 1590s:… …

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  • 36leak out — Synonyms and related words: appear, be revealed, become known, break forth, break out, break through, come forth, come out, come to light, debouch, distill, dribble, drip, drop, emerge, erupt, exit, find vent, get out, issue, issue forth, leak,… …

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  • 37leak — 1. noun /liːk/ a) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. a leak in a roof b) …

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  • 38leak — verb 1》 (of a container or covering) accidentally lose or admit contents through a hole or crack.     ↘(of liquid, gas, etc.) pass in or out through a hole or crack in such a way. 2》 (of secret information) become known.     ↘intentionally… …

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  • 39leak out — phr verb Leak out is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑news, ↑radiation, ↑word …

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  • 40out — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, aberrant, abjured, abroad, absurd, adrift, alibi, all abroad, all off, all wrong, aloud, amiss, antiquated, antique, apparent, apparently, appear, archaic, askew, asleep, astray, at a loss, at fault, audibly …

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