League vs. Leak
Leaguenoun
A group or association of cooperating members.
‘the League of Nations’;
Leaknoun
A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
‘a leak in a roof’; ‘a leak in a boat’; ‘a leak in a gas pipe’;
Leaguenoun
An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
‘My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League and the American League in baseball.’;
Leaknoun
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
‘The leak gained on the ship's pumps.’; ‘The babies' diapers had big leaks.’;
Leaguenoun
(informal) rugby league
‘Are you going to watch the league tonight?’;
Leaknoun
A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
‘The leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military.’;
Leaguenoun
A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia.
Leaknoun
The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
‘The press must have learned about the plan through a leak.’;
Leaguenoun
(measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
Leaknoun
A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
Leaguenoun
A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Leaknoun
(computing) The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
‘resource leak’; ‘memory leak’;
Leagueverb
To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
Leaknoun
An act of urination.
‘I have to take a leak.’;
Leaguenoun
A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5,280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.
Leakverb
(ambitransitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
‘The wells are believed to have been leaking oil for decades, long after the operating company ceased to exist.’; ‘The faucet has been leaking since last month.’;
Leaguenoun
A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Leakverb
(intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
‘No one realized that propane gas was leaking from a rusty tank in the concession area, slowly filling the unventilated room.’;
Leaguenoun
An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, organizations, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.
‘And let there be'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity.’;
Leakverb
(ambitransitive) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.
‘Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.’;
Leaguenoun
An association of sports teams that establishes rules of play, decides questions of membership in the league, and organizes matches between the member teams. In some cases a sports league is called a conference, as in the National Football Conference.
Leakadjective
(obsolete) Leaky.
Leagueverb
To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.
Leaknoun
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.
Leagueverb
To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
Leaknoun
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
Leaguenoun
an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
Leaknoun
A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.
Leaguenoun
an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
Leaknoun
an act of urinating; - used mostly in the phrase take a leak, i. e. to urinate.
Leaguenoun
an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
Leaknoun
The disclosure of information that is expected to be kept confidential; as, leaks by the White House staff infuriated Nixon; leaks by the Special Prosecutor were criticized as illegal.
Leagueverb
unite to form a league
Leakadjective
Leaky.
Leakverb
To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
Leakverb
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.
Leaknoun
an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape;
‘one of the tires developed a leak’;
Leaknoun
soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
Leaknoun
a euphemism for urination;
‘he had to take a leak’;
Leaknoun
the unwanted 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’;
Leaknoun
unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
Leakverb
tell anonymously;
‘The news were leaked to the paper’;
Leakverb
be leaked;
‘The news leaked out despite his secrecy’;
Leakverb
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’;
Leakverb
have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out;
‘The container leaked gasoline’; ‘the roof leaks badly’;
Leak
A leak is a way (usually an opening) for fluid to escape a container or fluid-containing system, such as a tank or a ship's hull, through which the contents of the container can escape or outside matter can enter the container. Leaks are usually unintended and therefore undesired.
