1. • noun - an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
   • noun - soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
   • noun - a euphemism for urination
   • noun - the discharge of a fluid from some container
   • noun - unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
   • verb - tell anonymously
   • verb - be leaked
   • verb - enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure
   • verb - have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out
2. • To permit the escape, entry, or passage of something through a breach or flaw: rusted pipes that were beginning to leak; a boat leaking at the seams.
   • To escape or pass through a breach or flaw: helium leaking slowly from the balloon.
   • To become publicly known through a breach of secrecy: The news has leaked.
   • To permit (a substance) to escape or pass through a breach or flaw: a damaged reactor leaking radioactivity into the atmosphere.
   • To disclose without authorization or official sanction: leaked classified information to a reporter.
   • A crack or flaw that permits something to escape from or enter a container or conduit: fixed the leak in the roof.
   • The act or instance of leaking.
   • An amount leaked: equipment used in cleaning up oil leaks.
   • An unauthorized or a deliberate disclosure of confidential information: “Sometimes we can’t respond to stories based on leaks” (Ronald Reagan).
   • Loss of electric current as a result of faulty insulation.
   • To urinate.
3. • v - to permit the escape of something through a breach or flaw

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