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The Meaning of leak

  • (v.) 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.
  • (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
  • (a.) Leaky.
  • (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
  • (n.) 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.

Homophones

leake , leek , leick

Rhymes

antique , ashcreek , baek , batik , beak , beeck , beek , belgique , bespeak , bleak , boutique , cacique , cheek , chesapeake , chic , cleek , clique , creak , creek , critique , deike , dieck , dominique , eke , electrique , feick , fenugreek , fleek , freak , geac , geek , gieck , gleek , greek , grosbeak , henriques , henriquez , kmiec , leake , leek , leick , leveque , manrique , martinique , mcpeek , mediq , meek , midweek , misspeak , monique , mozambique , mystique , nongreek , oblique , paek , peak , peake , peek , physique , pique , reeck , reek , respeak , rieck , riecke , riek , rieke , screak , seaq , seek , sheek , sheik , sheikh , shriek , siek , sikh , sleek , sneak , speak , speake , squeak , steek , streak , streek , tariq , teac , teak , technique , tweak , unique , vanbeek , veronique , weak , week , weick , weik , wieck , workweek , wreak , zeek , zeke