Definition: unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
Similar words: revealing, revelation, disclosure
Definition: the speech act of making something evident
Synonyms: escape, outflow, leak, leakage
Definition: the discharge of a fluid from some container
Usage: they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe; he had to clean up the leak
Similar words: discharge, outpouring, run
Definition: the pouring forth of a fluid
Synonyms: leak
Definition: an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
Usage: one of the tires developed a leak
Similar words: hole
Definition: an opening into or through something
Synonyms: leak, making water, passing water, wetting
Definition: a euphemism for urination
Usage: he had to take a leak
Similar words: micturition, urination
Definition: the discharge of urine
Synonyms: leak
Definition: soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
Similar words: soft rot
Definition: mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi
Synonyms: leak
Definition: enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure
Usage: Water leaked out of the can into the backpack; Gas leaked into the basement
Similar words: egress, issue, emerge, go forth, come forth, come out
Definition: come out of
Usage: Water issued from the hole in the wall; The words seemed to come out by themselves
Definition: be leaked
Usage: The news leaked out despite his secrecy
Similar words: get around, get out, break
Definition: be released or become known; of news
Usage: News of her death broke in the morning
Synonyms: leak
Definition: tell anonymously
Usage: The news were leaked to the paper
Similar words: unwrap, expose, give away, reveal, let on, let out, break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge
Definition: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Usage: The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold; The actress won't reveal how old she is; bring out the truth; he broke the news to her; unwrap the evidence in the murder case