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Pronunciation
l�k, /li�k/, /<tt>li:k</tt>/
:Homophones: leek
:Rhymes:English:-i�k|Rhymes: -i�k
audio|en-us-leak.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
wikipedia|leak
en-noun

#A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
#:a leak in a roof
#:a leak in a boat
#:a leak in a gas pipe
#The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
#:The leak gained on the ship's pumps.
#The person through whom information, especially secret information, escapes.
#:The press must have learned about the plan through a leak.

Translations
trans-top|hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
Finnish: vuoto
German: undicht|undichte Stelle f, Leck n
Greek: t|el|δια��οή|f|trdiarroí|scGrek
trans-mid
Swedish: läcka c
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trans-top|entrance or escape of a fluid
Finnish: vuoto
German: Leck n
Greek: t|el|δια��οή|f|trdiarroí|scGrek
trans-mid
Swedish: läcka c
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trans-top|person through whom information escapes
Finnish: vuoto
Greek: t|el|δια��οή|f|trdiarroí|scGrek
trans-mid
Swedish: läcka c
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ttbc|Dutch: lek
ttbc|Italian: falla f
ttbc|Portuguese: rachadura f (1)
ttbc-mid
ttbc|Russian: �е�� (t'e�) f (1,2), п�о�е�ка (prot'é�ka) f (1,2), ��е�ка (ut'é�ka) f (2,3)
ttbc|Spanish: pérdida f
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Category:Dutch derivations

Verb
en-verb

#To allow fluid to escape or enter something that should be sealed.
#:The faucet has been leaking since last month.
#To reveal secret information.
#:''Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.

Translations
trans-top|to allow fluid to escape or enter
Finnish: vuotaa
German: i|ship, pipe lecken, i|faucet tropfen
trans-mid
Swedish: läcka
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trans-top|to reveal secret information
Finnish: vuotaa
trans-mid
Swedish: läcka
trans-bottom

ttbc-top
ttbc|French: fuir (1)
ttbc|Greek: δια��έ�
ttbc-mid
ttbc|Russian: ��ека��/��е�� (ut'ekát'/ut'é�) (1), п�о�ека��/п�о�е�� (prot'ekát'/prot'é�) (1), п�о�а�ива����/п�о�о�и���� (prosá�ivat's'a/proso�ít's'a) (1,2)
ttbc|Slovene: puš�ati (1)
ttbc|Spanish: salirse
ttbc|Turkish: sızmak
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• 2008-01-01 12:39 - Hekaheka - /* Translations */ moved de "undichte Stelle" from person to hole

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