leak

Noun

• unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information

• the discharge of a fluid from some container
  • they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
    
  • he had to clean up the leak
    

• a euphemism for urination
  • he had to take a leak
    

• soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi

• an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
  • one of the tires developed a leak
    

Verb

• have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out
  • The container leaked gasoline
    
  • the roof leaks badly
    

• 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
    

• be leaked
  • The news leaked out despite his secrecy
    

• tell anonymously
  • The news were leaked to the paper
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  news leak , escape , leakage , outflow , wetting , making water , passing water , leak out