7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leak \Leak\, n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel.
lekr leaky, Dan. l[ae]k leaky, a leak, Sw l["a]ck; cf AS
hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf {Leak}, v.]
1. 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. ``One leak will sink
a ship.'' --Bunyan.
2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack,
fissure, or other aperture; as the leak gained on the
ship's pumps.
{To spring a leak}, to open or crack so as to let in water;
to begin to let in water; as the ship sprung a leak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leak \Leak\, a.
Leaky. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leak \Leak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaked}; p. pr & vb n.
{Leaking}.] [Akin to D. lekken G. lecken, lechen, Icel.
leka, Dan. l[ae]kke, Sw l["a]cka, AS leccan to wet,
moisten. See {Leak}, n.]
1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole,
crevice, etc.; as the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the
boat leaks.
2. 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
{To leak out}, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to
become public; as the facts leaked out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leak \Leak\, n. (Elec.)
A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also the
point at which such loss occurs.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
leak
n 1: an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light
etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a
leak"
2: soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
3: a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn: {wetting},
{making water}, {passing water}]
4: 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" [syn: {escape}, {leakage}, {outflow}]
5: unauthorized (esp. deliberate) disclosure of confidential
information
v 1: tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
2: be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" [syn: {leak
out}]
3: have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or
go out "The container leaks"
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
leak n. With qualifier, one of a class of resource-management
bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after operations on
them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak out). This leads
to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests come in {memory leak}
and {fd leak} have their own entries; one might also refer, to say a
`window handle leak' in a window system.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
leak
With a qualifier, one of a class of
resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not
freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they
effectively disappear (leak out). This leads to eventual
exhaustion as new allocation requests come in
One might refer to say a "window handle leak" in a {window
system}.
See {memory leak}, {fd leak}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-04-18)
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