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A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or
other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat;
a leak in a gas pipe. |
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The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure,
or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps. |
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Leaky. |
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To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole,
crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks. |
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To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc.
; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or
out. |