VERB | communication | leak | tell anonymously |
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communication | leak, leak out | be leaked | |
change | leak | enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure | |
change | leak | have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out | |
NOUN | object | leak | an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape |
state | leak | soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi | |
process | leak, wetting, making water, passing water | a euphemism for urination | |
event | leak, escape, leakage, outflow | the discharge of a fluid from some container | |
communication | leak, news leak | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information |
Sounds | liy'k | |
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Rhymes | antique ... wreak: 54 rhymes with iyk... |
Meaning | An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape. | |
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Example | "one of the tires developed a leak" | |
Broader | hole | An opening into or through something |
Spanish | agujero, escape, gotera, pérdida | |
Verbs | leak | have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out |
leak | enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure |
Meaning | Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi. | |
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Broader | soft rot | mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi |
Meaning | A euphemism for urination. | |
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Example | "he had to take a leak" | |
Synonyms | wetting, making water, passing water | |
Broader | micturition, urination | The discharge of urine |
Usage of | euphemism | An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh |
Spanish | pipi | |
Adjectives | leaky | used informally |
Meaning | The discharge of a fluid from some container. | |
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Example | "he had to clean up the leak" | |
Synonyms | escape, leakage, outflow | |
Broader | discharge, outpouring, run | The pouring forth of a fluid |
Spanish | derrame, escape, fuga | |
Catalan | escapament, fuga, fuita | |
Adjectives | leaky | permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases |
Verbs | leak | have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out |
leak | enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure |
Meaning | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information. | |
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Synonym | news leak | |
Broader | disclosure, revelation, revealing | The speech act of making something evident / evident |
Spanish | filtración | |
Adjectives | leaky | prone to communicate confidential information |
Verbs | leak | tell anonymously |
leak | be leaked |
Meaning | tell anonymously. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Example | "The news were leaked to the paper" | |
Cause to | break, get out, get around | Be released or become known |
Broader | unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover | Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
Spanish | divulgar, filtrarse, filtrar | |
Catalan | divulgar, filtrar | |
Nouns | leak | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information |
leaker | a surreptitious informant |
Meaning | Be leaked. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" | |
Synonym | leak out | |
Broader | break, get out, get around | Be released or become known |
Spanish | filtrarse, trascender | |
Nouns | leak | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information |
leaker | a surreptitious informant |
Meaning | Enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Examples |
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Broader | issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress | Come out of |
Spanish | filtrar | |
Catalan | filtrar | |
Nouns | leak, leakage | the discharge of a fluid from some container |
leak | an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape |
Meaning | Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Examples |
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Entails | break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart | go to pieces |
Narrower | bilge, take in water | take in water at the bilge |
Spanish | gotear, rezumar | |
Catalan | degotar, gotejar | |
Nouns | leak, leakage | the discharge of a fluid from some container |
leak | an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape |
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