noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act by which something leaks.
2. 2
   That which leaks out. in-plural

   "[…] on rainy nights the audience in the pit held up their umbrellas to screen themselves from the leakings through the roof."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of leak form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

distillationdribbledripdropescapeexposure

Example

More examples

"The police charged him with leaking information to a neighboring country."

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