leak (original) (raw)
Meaning of leak in English
leak verb [I or T] (LIQUID/GAS)
leak from Water was leaking from the pipe.
leak out of Oil leaked out of the car.
The tin was leaking.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
leak verb [I or T] (INFORMATION)
leak something to someone/something He leaked the names to the press.
Idiom
leak noun [C] (INFORMATION)
Idiom
(Definition of leak from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of leak
leak
These dynamic features will ultimately relate to the outcome of a residual leak.
Without a spine, space leaks of the form considered here are not possible.
All heap memory space leaks were plugged by adding releases.
These calculi always leak somewhere - otherwise why so many variants?
It is likely that the leak had occurred shortly after completion of the first operation, leading to the formation of the observed supraclavicular haematoma.
The leak currents were not subtracted from the data.
However, there are still paths in the function such that untrustworthy information may leak through if the function is called with untrustworthy arguments.
But such information did on occasion leak out and become public property and news.
Clearly the crown was trying to limit the amount of information leaking out about the trial.
The reason for this not too infrequent occurrence was traced to leaking nozzle seals or pressure holes or to damage on the flat-plate leading edge.
It seems impossible, however, to prevent all information about the implementation of an abstract type leaking out.
If the typing is made pure linear instead of affine, we could also prevent space leaks.
Pieces of the false keel floated to the surface, but the ship was quickly refloated and found not to be leaking.
In reactive and concurrent programs, intermediate states are visible and synchronization can be used, deliberately or accidentally, to leak information.
In this study, leaks were detectable on magnetic resonance imaging only by theflow-sensitivegradient-echo technique.
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Translations of leak
in Chinese (Traditional)
液體或氣體, （液體或氣體）漏，洩漏, 資訊…
in Chinese (Simplified)
液体或气体, （液体或气体）漏，泄漏, 信息…
in Spanish
gotear, tener una fuga, filtrar…
in Portuguese
vazar, escapar, vazamento…
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गळणे, द्रव, किंवा वायू भोकातून किंवा भेगेतून बाहेर पडणे…
（水など）が漏れる, （水など）を漏らす, （秘密）を漏らす…
sızdırmak, akmak, kaçırmak…
fuir, laisser filtrer, divulguer…
vessar, tenir un forat, filtrar…
lek, lekkage, het uitlekken…
(ஒரு திரவ அல்லது வாயு) ஒரு குழாய் அல்லது கொள்கலனில் உள்ள ஒரு துளை அல்லது விரிசலின் வழியாக வெளியேறுதல், (ஒரு கொள்கலனின் இருந்து) திரவ அல்லது வாயு வெளியேற அனுமதிக்க, இரகசியத் தகவல்கள் பொதுவாக அறியப்படுவதற்கு அனுமதிப்பது…
(एक तरल पदार्थ, गैस या किसी पात्र का) रिसना, (गोपनीय जानकारी) देना…
bocor, yang bocor, pembocoran…
das Leck, das Durchsickern, lecken…
lekke, være lekk, lekkasje [masculine]…
رساؤ ہونا, اخراج ہونا, فاش ہونا…
теча, витік, давати течу…
గొట్టం లేదా కంటైనర్ లోని రంధ్రం లేదా పగులు నుంచి (ద్రవంగానీ వాయువు గానీ) తప్పించుకొను, లేదా ద్రవం గానీ వాయువు గానీ తప్పించుకోవడానికి వీలిచ్చు, రహస్య సమాచారం సాధారణంగా తెలిసిపోయేలా అనుమతించు…
ফুটো, ফাঁস করে দেওয়া, ফুটো দিয়ে তরল পদার্থ বেরিয়ে আসা…
bocoran, bocor, kebocoran…
รอยรั่ว, แก๊สรั่ว, ข้อมูลรั่ว…
cieknąć, przeciekać, ujawniać…
perdere, colare, far trapelare…
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