Leak

/liːk/

Synonyms for "leak" (252 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Noun(4 words)

abysm abyss aperture arroyo babble babblingbe indiscreetbe revealedbe unguardedbecome knownbetraybetray a confidencebetrayal blab blabber blabbering blabbing blurtblurt outbox canyon

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breach break breakout broaching canyon cavity chap chasm check chimney chink clearing cleft cleuch clough colcome outcome to naughtcome to nothingcommunication leakcoulee couloir crack cranny crevasse crevice

Verb(1 words)

blabs

Strong matches (75)

cut cwmdead giveawaydefile deliverance delivery dell dike discharge disclose disclosure dissipate distill distillation ditch divulgation divulge divulgement divulgence divulging

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donga draw dribble drip dripping drippings drop emergence escape escapism evasion evulgation excavation expose exposure extravasate extrication exudation exude fault fenestra fissure fistula flaw flight flume fontanel foramen fracture freeing furrow gap gape gash gat getaway givegive awaygiveawaygo to potgo to seedgo to waste

Noun(9 words)

discharge disclose disclosure divulge divulgence dribbles drip drips escaping

Verb(4 words)

divulged dripped exuded flow

Related words (126)

go up in smokegorge groove gulch gulf gully hiatus hole hollow incision indiscretion informinform oninlet interval issuance issue jailbreak joint kloof

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lacunalaying openleak awayleak outleakage leakinglet droplet falllet slipletting outliberationmake knownmake publicmoat notch nullahobvious clueooze oozing openingopening uporifice out outlet pass passage passageway peach pore prisonbreak publish puncture rat ravine release rent rescuereveal a secretrevelation riddance rift rime rumorrun to seedrun to wasterupture scissure seam secrete secretion seep seepage seeping setting-free sing slip slit slot space spillspill the beanssplit squeal stoma stool talk tattletattle ontear telltell ontell secretstell talestelltaletelltale signthrowing opentranspire trench trickle trill uncorking unstoppingunwitting disclosurevalley vent void wadi weep yawn

Noun(14 words)

hemorrhages informantmaking waternews leakoozes outflowingpassing waterreveal seep seepage seeps spilling spoil wetting

Verb(3 words)

leak outoozed seeped

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

36 entries

breakbring outcome forthcome outdischarge disclose disclosure discover divulge egress emerge emission exposeget aroundget outgive away

Showing 16 of 36 words.

More specific

7 entries

classified disclosuredata breachgas leakinternal leakoil leakpress leakwater leak

Collocations

8 entries

gas leakinformation leakleak detectionleak pathleak rateoil leaksecurity leakwater leak

Inflections

3 entries

leaked leaking leaks

Derivations

3 entries

leakage leaker leaky

Translations

92 translations across 42 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

تَسَرَّبَ verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

(su) keçirmək verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
axmaq verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Bashkir

3 entries

ағыу verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
тамсылыу verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
һыу үткәреү verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Bulgarian

2 entries

изтичам verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)
пропускам verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎬᎫᏍᎦ verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

漏 verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

洩漏 /泄漏 verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
漏 verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Cornish

1 entries

devera verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Danish

1 entries

lække verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Dutch

1 entries

lekken verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Esperanto

1 entries

liki verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Finnish

2 entries

vuotaa verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
vuotaa verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)

French

1 entries

fuir verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

German

2 entries

lecken verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
tropfen verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Greek

1 entries

διαρρέω verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Hawaiian

2 entries

kulu verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
kulu verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)

Hindi

2 entries

रिसना verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
रिसाव verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)

Hungarian

4 entries

csepeg verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
csepeg verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)
ereszt verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
folyik verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)

Ido

1 entries

likar verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Indonesian

1 entries

bocor verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Ingrian

2 entries

mehtää verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
nestää verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Italian

3 entries

percolare verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
perdere verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
trapelare verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)

Japanese

1 entries

漏れる verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Korean

1 entries

새다 verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Latin

1 entries

pereo verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Malay

1 entries

bocor verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Malayalam

2 entries

ചോരുക verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
ചോരുക verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)

Mongolian

1 entries

гоожих verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Māori

4 entries

mapi verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
pahī verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)
papī verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
turu verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

lekke verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
ta inn vann verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Polish

4 entries

(np. o dachu) przeciekać verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
przeciec verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
ulatniać verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)
ulotnić verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)

Portuguese

2 entries

vazar verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
vazar verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)

Russian

2 entries

протека́ть verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
течь verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

curiti verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Spanish

4 entries

chorrear verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
escapar verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
filtrar verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
filtrar verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)

Swedish

1 entries

läcka verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Tamil

1 entries

ஒழுகு verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)

Thai

1 entries

รั่ว verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Turkish

2 entries

sızdırmak verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
sızmak verb ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed)

Unami

2 entries

psëntpe verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)
wëntpe verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Vietnamese

1 entries

làm rò rỉ verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Welsh

1 entries

gollwng verb ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The rain was dripping through a leak in the roof.

Source: tatoeba (26966)

The explosion may have been caused by a gas leak.

Source: tatoeba (44483)

There is a leak in the roof.

Source: tatoeba (60219)

The leak needs to be stopped immediately.

Source: tatoeba (326380)

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