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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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
leaking
adj : (of ships and boats) permitting leakage [syn: {leaky}]
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