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Verb leak has 4 senses
- leak - tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
--1 is one way to disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- leak, leak out - be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
--2 is one way to break, get out, get around
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- leak - enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"
--3 is one way to issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- leak - have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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