n. 1 leakage, leaking, discharge, trickle, escape, seepage, seeping, oozing, exudation We have to stop leaks of radioactive waste from power plants 2 hole, fissure, crack, chink, crevice, aperture, opening, puncture, cut, break, split, gash, rent, tear, gap, flaw There was a leak in the balloon and it began to descend 3 disclosure, revelation The press knew about his defection because of a security leak
v. 4 escape, discharge, spill, trickle, drip, seep, ooze, exude, extravasate Oil was leaking out through a hole in the container 5 disclose, divulge, let slip, release, give away (the game), make known or public, let (something or it) be known, Colloq spill the beans (about); let the cat out of the bag Someone as yet unidentified leaked the scandal to a reporter 6 leak out. transpire, become known, come out, be revealed Their secret relationship has leaked out