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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Leak \Leak\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Leaked} (l[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaking}.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. l[ae]kke, Sw. l["a]cka, AS. leccan to wet, moisten. See {Leak}, noun]
1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
2. 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.
{To leak out}, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked out.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
leaking \leak"ing\ adjective having liquid seeping in or out through openings; leaky.
Syn: leaky. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
leaking
adjective: (of ships and boats) permitting leakage [syn: {leaky}]
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