"leak" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /liːk/ Audio: en-us-leak.ogg Forms: more leak [comparative], most leak [superlative]
enPR: lēk Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), from Old English *lecan (“to leak”), Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”) or Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”); all from Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg-, *leǵ- (“to leak”). Cognate with Dutch lekken (“to leak”), German lechen, lecken (“to leak”), Danish lække (“to leak”), Swedish läcka (“to leak”), Icelandic leka (“to leak”). Related also to Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), Albanian lag, lak (“I damp, make wet”). See also leach, lake. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leken||to let water in or out}} Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), {{inh|en|ang|*lecan||to leak}} Old English *lecan (“to leak”), {{der|en|dum|leken||to leak, drip}} Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”), {{der|en|non|leka||to leak, drip}} Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lekaną||to leak, drain}} Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leg-}} Proto-Indo-European *leg-, {{cog|nl|lekken||to leak}} Dutch lekken (“to leak”), {{cog|de|lechen}} German lechen, {{cog|da|lække||to leak}} Danish lække (“to leak”), {{cog|sv|läcka||to leak}} Swedish läcka (“to leak”), {{cog|is|leka||to leak}} Icelandic leka (“to leak”), {{cog|ang|leċċan||to water, wet}} Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), {{cog|sq|lag}} Albanian lag Head templates: {{en-adj}} leak (comparative more leak, superlative most leak)
  1. (obsolete) Leaky. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Liquids
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Noun

IPA: /liːk/ Audio: en-us-leak.ogg Forms: leaks [plural]
enPR: lēk Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), from Old English *lecan (“to leak”), Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”) or Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”); all from Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg-, *leǵ- (“to leak”). Cognate with Dutch lekken (“to leak”), German lechen, lecken (“to leak”), Danish lække (“to leak”), Swedish läcka (“to leak”), Icelandic leka (“to leak”). Related also to Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), Albanian lag, lak (“I damp, make wet”). See also leach, lake. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leken||to let water in or out}} Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), {{inh|en|ang|*lecan||to leak}} Old English *lecan (“to leak”), {{der|en|dum|leken||to leak, drip}} Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”), {{der|en|non|leka||to leak, drip}} Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lekaną||to leak, drain}} Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leg-}} Proto-Indo-European *leg-, {{cog|nl|lekken||to leak}} Dutch lekken (“to leak”), {{cog|de|lechen}} German lechen, {{cog|da|lække||to leak}} Danish lække (“to leak”), {{cog|sv|läcka||to leak}} Swedish läcka (“to leak”), {{cog|is|leka||to leak}} Icelandic leka (“to leak”), {{cog|ang|leċċan||to water, wet}} Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), {{cog|sq|lag}} Albanian lag Head templates: {{en-noun}} leak (plural leaks)
  1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. Translations (crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape): ду́пка (dúpka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), пролу́ка (prolúka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 漏洞 (lòudòng) (Chinese Mandarin), díra [feminine] (Czech), lækage (Danish), læk (Danish), utæthed [common-gender] (Danish), lek [neuter] (Dutch), liko (Esperanto), vuoto (Finnish), fuite (French), voie d’eau (French), goteira [feminine] (Galician), fuga [feminine] (Galician), pingueira [feminine] (Galician), undichte Stelle [feminine] (German), Leck [neuter] (German), διαρροή (diarroḯ) [feminine] (Greek), נְזִילָה (nezilá) [feminine] (Hebrew), lék (Hungarian), rés (Hungarian), hasadék (Hungarian), hézag (Hungarian), liko (Ido), poll [masculine] (Irish), falla [feminine] (Italian), perdita [feminine] (Italian), infiltrazione [feminine] (Italian), crepa [feminine] (Italian), dispersione [feminine] (Italian), 漏れ口 (morekuchi) (alt: もれくち) (Japanese), sūce [feminine] (Latvian), takerehāia (Maori), lekkasje [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), نشت (našt) (Persian), przeciek (Polish), vazamento [masculine] (Portuguese), fuga [feminine] (Portuguese), spărtură [feminine] (Romanian), течь (tečʹ) [feminine] (Russian), проте́чка (protéčka) [feminine] (Russian), пробо́ина (probóina) (english: breach, rupture, hole) [feminine] (Russian), уте́чка (utéčka) (Russian), отто́к (ottók) (Russian), gotera (Spanish), agujero (Spanish), rotura [feminine] (Spanish), vía [feminine] (Spanish), läcka [common-gender] (Swedish), lagatak (Tagalog), twll [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-leak-en-noun-Ps4e6uTm Disambiguation of 'crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape': 83 12 1 1 1 2 0
  2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture. Translations (entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture): تَسَرُّب (tasarrub) [masculine] (Arabic), вы́цек (výcjek) [masculine] (Belarusian), уте́чка (utéčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 洩漏 (Chinese Mandarin), 泄漏 (xièlòu) (Chinese Mandarin), průsak [masculine] (Czech), lækage (Danish), læk (Danish), utæthed [common-gender] (Danish), lek [neuter] (Dutch), vuoto (Finnish), fuite [feminine] (French), fuga [feminine] (Galician), Leck [neuter] (German), διαρροή (diarroḯ) [feminine] (Greek), szivárgás (Hungarian), kiszivárgás (Hungarian), beszivárgás (Hungarian), csepegés (Hungarian), kiszökés (Hungarian), beázás (english: water damage in a building from leak) (Hungarian), leki [masculine] (Icelandic), liko (Ido), sceitheadh [masculine] (Irish), fessura [feminine] (Italian), falla [feminine] (Italian), fuga [feminine] (Italian), crepa [feminine] (Italian), 漏れ (more) (alt: もれ) (Japanese), リーク (rīku) (Japanese), 누설 (nuseol) (alt: 漏泄) (Korean), 루설 (ruseol) (alt: 漏泄) [North-Korea] (Korean), 리크 (rikeu) (Korean), sūce [feminine] (Latvian), tece [feminine] (Latvian), lekkasje [masculine] (Norwegian), przeciek (Polish), vazamento [masculine] (Portuguese), течь (tečʹ) [feminine] (Russian), проте́чка (protéčka) [feminine] (Russian), уте́чка (utéčka) [feminine] (Russian), pérdida [feminine] (Spanish), liqueo [US, masculine] (Spanish), leak [US, masculine] (Spanish), fuga [feminine] (Spanish), läcka [common-gender] (Swedish), sızıntı (Turkish), ви́тік (výtik) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-leak-en-noun-kT9DeVjS Disambiguation of 'entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture': 14 80 0 2 2 2 0
  3. A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret. Translations (divulgation, or disclosure, of information): تَسْرِيب (tasrīb) [masculine] (Arabic), արտահոսք (artahoskʻ) (Armenian), уце́чка (ucjéčka) [feminine] (Belarusian), вы́цек (výcjek) [masculine] (Belarusian), вы́цечка (výcječka) [feminine] (Belarusian), изти́чане (iztíčane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 透露 (tòulù) (Chinese Mandarin), 洩漏 (Chinese Mandarin), 泄漏 (xièlòu) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (xiè) (Chinese Mandarin), únik [masculine] (Czech), lækage (Danish), læk (Danish), vuoto (Finnish), fuite [feminine] (French), Leck [neuter] (German), διαρροή (diarroḯ) [feminine] (Greek), דְּלִיפָה (dlifá) [feminine] (Hebrew), הדלפה (hadlafá) [feminine, informal] (Hebrew), szivárogtatás (Hungarian), sceitheadh [masculine] (Irish), fuga [feminine] (Italian), trapelare [masculine] (Italian), リーク (rīku) (Japanese), 리크 (rikeu) (Korean), przeciek [masculine] (Polish), vazamento [masculine] (Portuguese), fuga de informação [feminine] (Portuguese), уте́чка (utéčka) [feminine] (Russian), слив (sliv) [informal, masculine] (Russian), filtración [feminine] (Spanish), ви́тік (výtik) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-leak-en-noun-UVZcYk85 Disambiguation of 'divulgation, or disclosure, of information': 1 1 58 39 1 1 0
  4. The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs. Translations (the person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred): taupe [feminine] (French), szivárogtató (Hungarian), kiszivárogtató (Hungarian), talpa [feminine] (Italian), vazador [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-leak-en-noun-33kk61xP Disambiguation of 'the person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred': 1 2 15 77 4 2 0
  5. A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
    Sense id: en-leak-en-noun-7SBwHURr
  6. (computing) The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-leak-en-noun-gZN~0QCC Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  7. (mildly vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination. Tags: especially, mildly, slang, vulgar Coordinate_terms (act of urination): dump
    Sense id: en-leak-en-noun-uVMpVoTt Disambiguation of 'act of urination': 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: data leak, gas leak, leak-proof, leaky, memory leak, non-verbal leak, routing leak, spring a leak, take a leak Related terms: leach

Verb

IPA: /liːk/ Audio: en-us-leak.ogg Forms: leaks [present, singular, third-person], leaking [participle, present], leaked [participle, past], leaked [past]
enPR: lēk Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), from Old English *lecan (“to leak”), Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”) or Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”); all from Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg-, *leǵ- (“to leak”). Cognate with Dutch lekken (“to leak”), German lechen, lecken (“to leak”), Danish lække (“to leak”), Swedish läcka (“to leak”), Icelandic leka (“to leak”). Related also to Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), Albanian lag, lak (“I damp, make wet”). See also leach, lake. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leken||to let water in or out}} Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), {{inh|en|ang|*lecan||to leak}} Old English *lecan (“to leak”), {{der|en|dum|leken||to leak, drip}} Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”), {{der|en|non|leka||to leak, drip}} Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lekaną||to leak, drain}} Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leg-}} Proto-Indo-European *leg-, {{cog|nl|lekken||to leak}} Dutch lekken (“to leak”), {{cog|de|lechen}} German lechen, {{cog|da|lække||to leak}} Danish lække (“to leak”), {{cog|sv|läcka||to leak}} Swedish läcka (“to leak”), {{cog|is|leka||to leak}} Icelandic leka (“to leak”), {{cog|ang|leċċan||to water, wet}} Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), {{cog|sq|lag}} Albanian lag Head templates: {{en-verb}} leak (third-person singular simple present leaks, present participle leaking, simple past and past participle leaked)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations ((of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter): تَسَرَّبَ (tasarraba) (Arabic), axmaq (Azerbaijani), (su) keçirmək (Azerbaijani), һыу үткәреү (hıw ütkərew) (Bashkir), ағыу (ağıw) (Bashkir), тамсылыу (tamsılıw) (english: faucet) (Bashkir), пропускам (propuskam) (Bulgarian), ᎬᎫᏍᎦ (gvgusga) (Cherokee), (lau⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 洩漏 (Chinese Mandarin), 泄漏 (xièlòu) (Chinese Mandarin), (lòu) (Chinese Mandarin), devera (Cornish), lække (Danish), lekken (Dutch), liki (Esperanto), vuotaa (Finnish), fuir (French), lecken (english: ship, pipe) (German), tropfen (english: faucet) (German), διαρρέω (diarréo) (Greek), szivárog [intransitive] (Hungarian), ereszt (Hungarian), átereszt [transitive] (Hungarian), likar (Ido), bocor (Indonesian), nestää (Ingrian), mehtää (Ingrian), perdere (Italian), percolare (Italian), 漏れる (moreru) (alt: もれる) (Japanese), 새다 (saeda) (Korean), pereo (Latin), ചോരുക (cōruka) (Malayalam), papī (Maori), turuturu (Maori), mapi (Maori), гоожих (goožix) (Mongolian), lekke (Norwegian Bokmål), ta inn vann (Norwegian Bokmål), (np. o dachu) przeciekać (Polish), vazar (Portuguese), течь (tečʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), протека́ть (protekátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), gotear (Spanish), perder (Spanish), chorrear (Spanish), filtrar (Spanish), liquear [US] (Spanish), läcka (Swedish), รั่ว (rûua) (Thai), sızdırmak (Turkish), làm rò rỉ (Vietnamese), gollwng (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-leak-en-verb-hKXNM2Ab Disambiguation of '(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter': 46 7 1 7 36 0 3
  2. (intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-leak-en-verb-vvhBBt5E
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to reveal secret information): سَرَّبَ (sarraba) (Arabic), (lòu) (Chinese Mandarin), lække (Danish), lekken (Dutch), vuotaa (Finnish), durchsickern (German), durchstechen (German), leaken (German), διαρρέω (diarréo) (Greek), טפטף (tiftéf) (Hebrew), kiszivárogtat (Hungarian), szivárogtat (Hungarian), far trapelare (Italian), trapelare (Italian), filtrare (Italian), 漏らす (morasu) (Japanese), リークする (rīku suru) (Japanese), ചോർത്തുക (cōṟttuka) (Malayalam), lekke (Norwegian), (tajne informacje) przeciekać (Polish), vazar (Portuguese), filtrar (Spanish), propalar (Spanish), pregonar (Spanish), läcka (Swedish), tiết lộ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-leak-en-verb-8yzCDL~4 Disambiguation of 'to reveal secret information': 11 10 66 9 4 0 0
  4. (intransitive, figurative, by extension) To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked. Tags: broadly, figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-leak-en-verb-Vx64sCqJ
  5. (transitive, figurative, by extension) To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked. Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-leak-en-verb-0YFMMDmh
  6. (slang, sometimes euphemistic) To urinate. Tags: euphemistic, slang, sometimes Synonyms: urinate
    Sense id: en-leak-en-verb-u~WFOiiv Categories (other): English euphemisms
  7. (slang, US) To bleed. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-leak-en-verb-1isq5fZX Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: leak like a sieve, leak out Translations ((of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed): изтичам (iztičam) (Bulgarian), vuotaa (Finnish), szivárog (Hungarian), szökik (Hungarian), csepeg (Hungarian), folyik (Hungarian), trapelare (Italian), ചോരുക (cōruka) (Malayalam), sızmak (Turkish)
Disambiguation of '(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed': 36 37 1 23 2 0 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "memory leak"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leg-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leg-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lekken",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to leak"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lekken (“to leak”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "lechen"
      },
      "expansion": "German lechen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "lække",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to leak"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish lække (“to leak”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "läcka",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to leak"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish läcka (“to leak”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "leka",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to leak"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic leka (“to leak”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "leċċan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to water, wet"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "lag"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian lag",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), from Old English *lecan (“to leak”), Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”) or Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”); all from Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg-, *leǵ- (“to leak”).\nCognate with Dutch lekken (“to leak”), German lechen, lecken (“to leak”), Danish lække (“to leak”), Swedish läcka (“to leak”), Icelandic leka (“to leak”). Related also to Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), Albanian lag, lak (“I damp, make wet”). See also leach, lake.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leaks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "leak (plural leaks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leach"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a leak in a roof"
        },
        {
          "text": "a leak in a boat"
        },
        {
          "text": "a leak in a gas pipe"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape."
      ],
      "id": "en-leak-en-noun-Ps4e6uTm",
      "links": [
        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ],
        [
          "crevice",
          "crevice"
        ],
        [
          "fissure",
          "fissure"
        ],
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ],
        [
          "admits",
          "admits"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ],
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dúpka",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ду́пка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prolúka",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пролу́ка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lòudòng",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "漏洞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "díra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "lækage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "læk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "utæthed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "liko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "vuoto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "fuite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "voie d’eau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "goteira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fuga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pingueira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "undichte Stelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Leck"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diarroḯ",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "διαρροή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nezilá",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "נְזִילָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "lék"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "rés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "hasadék"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "hézag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "liko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "poll"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "falla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "perdita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "infiltrazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crepa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dispersione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "alt": "もれくち",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "morekuchi",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "漏れ口"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sūce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "takerehāia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lekkasje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "našt",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "نشت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "przeciek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vazamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fuga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spărtură"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tečʹ",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "течь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "protéčka",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "проте́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "breach, rupture, hole",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "probóina",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пробо́ина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "utéčka",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "уте́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ottók",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "отто́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "gotera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "agujero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rotura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vía"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "läcka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "word": "lagatak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 12 1 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "twll"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The leak gained on the ship's pumps.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The babies' diapers had big leaks.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture."
      ],
      "id": "en-leak-en-noun-kT9DeVjS",
      "links": [
        [
          "entrance",
          "entrance"
        ],
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ],
        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ],
        [
          "fissure",
          "fissure"
        ],
        [
          "aperture",
          "aperture"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tasarrub",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَسَرُّب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "výcjek",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вы́цек"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "utéčka",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "уте́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "word": "洩漏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xièlòu",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "word": "泄漏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "průsak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "word": "lækage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "word": "læk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "utæthed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "word": "vuoto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fuite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fuga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Leck"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 80 0 2 2 2 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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    "leak"
  ],
  "word": "leak"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leak like a sieve"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leak out"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "leken",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to let water in or out"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*lecan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to leak"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *lecan (“to leak”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "leken",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to leak, drip"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "leka",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to leak, drip"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lekaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to leak, drain"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leg-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leg-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lekken",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to leak"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lekken (“to leak”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "lechen"
      },
      "expansion": "German lechen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "lække",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to leak"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish lække (“to leak”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "läcka",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to leak"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish läcka (“to leak”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "leka",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to leak"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic leka (“to leak”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "leċċan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to water, wet"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "lag"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian lag",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), from Old English *lecan (“to leak”), Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”) or Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”); all from Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg-, *leǵ- (“to leak”).\nCognate with Dutch lekken (“to leak”), German lechen, lecken (“to leak”), Danish lække (“to leak”), Swedish läcka (“to leak”), Icelandic leka (“to leak”). Related also to Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), Albanian lag, lak (“I damp, make wet”). See also leach, lake.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leaks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leaking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leaked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leaked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "leak (third-person singular simple present leaks, present participle leaking, simple past and past participle leaked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The wells are believed to have been leaking oil for decades, long after the operating company ceased to exist.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The faucet has been leaking since last month.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed."
      ],
      "id": "en-leak-en-verb-hKXNM2Ab",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ],
        [
          "gas",
          "gas"
        ],
        [
          "opening",
          "opening"
        ],
        [
          "sealed",
          "sealed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tasarraba",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "تَسَرَّبَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "axmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "(su) keçirmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "hıw ütkərew",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "һыу үткәреү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "ağıw",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "ағыу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "ba",
          "english": "faucet",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "tamsılıw",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "тамсылыу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "propuskam",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "пропускам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "gvgusga",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "ᎬᎫᏍᎦ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "lau⁶",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "漏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "洩漏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xièlòu",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "泄漏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lòu",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "漏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "devera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "lække"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "lekken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "liki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "vuotaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "fuir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "ship, pipe",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "lecken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "faucet",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "tropfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diarréo",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "διαρρέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "tags": [
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "szivárog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "ereszt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "tags": [
            "transitive"
          ],
          "word": "átereszt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "likar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "bocor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "nestää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "mehtää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "perdere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "percolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "alt": "もれる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "moreru",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "漏れる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "saeda",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "새다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "pereo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "cōruka",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "ചോരുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "papī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "turuturu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "mapi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "goožix",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "гоожих"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "lekke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "ta inn vann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "(np. o dachu) przeciekać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "vazar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tečʹ",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "течь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "protekátʹ",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "протека́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "gotear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "perder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "chorrear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "filtrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "liquear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "läcka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rûua",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "รั่ว"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "sızdırmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "làm rò rỉ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 7 1 7 36 0 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
          "word": "gollwng"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "No one realized that propane gas was leaking from a rusty tank in the concession area, slowly filling the unventilated room.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed."
      ],
      "id": "en-leak-en-verb-vvhBBt5E",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, “Man Overboard”, in Yes, Prime Minister, spoken by Bernard Wooley (Derek Fowlds):",
          "text": "That's another of those irregular verbs, isn't it? I give confidential press briefings; you leak; he's being charged under section 2(A) of the Official Secrets Act.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously."
      ],
      "id": "en-leak-en-verb-8yzCDL~4",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "disclose",
          "disclose"
        ],
        [
          "surreptitiously",
          "surreptitiously"
        ],
        [
          "anonymously",
          "anonymously"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "sarraba",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "سَرَّبَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lòu",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "漏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "lække"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "lekken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "vuotaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "durchsickern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "durchstechen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "leaken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diarréo",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "διαρρέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tiftéf",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "טפטף"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "kiszivárogtat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "szivárogtat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "far trapelare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "trapelare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to reveal secret information",
          "word": "filtrare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 10 66 9 4 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "text": "England were leaking penalties as Scotland played with pace and variety. Russell was starting to find his range and when he threaded through a grubber to Sean Maitland the winger did well to gather and keep the ball in play. Unfortunately, his pass inside just eluded Russell.",
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          "ref": "c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:",
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          "text": "Occasionally bums passed, Mexican mothers passed with children, and the prowl car came by and the cop got out to leak, but most of the time we were alone and mixing up our souls ever more and ever more till it would be terribly hard to say good-by.",
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          "ref": "1965, Sam Selvon, The Housing Lark, Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, published 1990, page 125:",
          "text": "Go and find a tree. I just leak against a^([sic]) oak over there.",
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "našt",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "word": "نشت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "word": "przeciek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vazamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spărtură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tečʹ",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "течь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protéčka",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "проте́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "breach, rupture, hole",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "probóina",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пробо́ина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utéčka",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "word": "уте́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ottók",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "word": "отто́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "word": "gotera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "word": "agujero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rotura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "läcka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "word": "lagatak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "twll"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tasarrub",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَسَرُّب"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výcjek",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́цек"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "utéčka",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уте́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "洩漏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xièlòu",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "泄漏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "průsak"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "lækage"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "læk"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "utæthed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "vuoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuite"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuga"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Leck"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diarroḯ",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαρροή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "szivárgás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "kiszivárgás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "beszivárgás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "csepegés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "kiszökés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "water damage in a building from leak",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "beázás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leki"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "liko"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sceitheadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fessura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falla"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crepa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "もれ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "more",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "漏れ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rīku",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "リーク"
    },
    {
      "alt": "漏泄",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nuseol",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "누설"
    },
    {
      "alt": "漏泄",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ruseol",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "루설"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rikeu",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "리크"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sūce"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tece"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lekkasje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "przeciek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vazamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tečʹ",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "течь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protéčka",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "проте́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utéčka",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уте́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pérdida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liqueo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "läcka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "word": "sızıntı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výtik",
      "sense": "entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́тік"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tasrīb",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَسْرِيب"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "artahoskʻ",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "արտահոսք"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ucjéčka",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уце́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výcjek",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́цек"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výcječka",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́цечка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztíčane",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изти́чане"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tòulù",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "透露"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "洩漏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xièlòu",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "泄漏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "洩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiè",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "泄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "únik"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "lækage"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "læk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "vuoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Leck"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diarroḯ",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαρροή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dlifá",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "דְּלִיפָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hadlafá",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "הדלפה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "szivárogtatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sceitheadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trapelare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rīku",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "リーク"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rikeu",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "word": "리크"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przeciek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vazamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuga de informação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utéčka",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уте́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sliv",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слив"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "filtración"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výtik",
      "sense": "divulgation, or disclosure, of information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́тік"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred",
      "word": "szivárogtató"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred",
      "word": "kiszivárogtató"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "talpa"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "leak like a sieve"
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          "ref": "c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:",
          "text": "Why, you will allow vs ne're a Iourden, and then we leake in your Chimney: and your Chamber-lye breeds Fleas like a Loach.",
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          "ref": "1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Occasionally bums passed, Mexican mothers passed with children, and the prowl car came by and the cop got out to leak, but most of the time we were alone and mixing up our souls ever more and ever more till it would be terribly hard to say good-by.",
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          "ref": "1965, Sam Selvon, The Housing Lark, Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, published 1990, page 125:",
          "text": "Go and find a tree. I just leak against a^([sic]) oak over there.",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "tasarraba",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "تَسَرَّبَ"
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "һыу үткәреү"
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "ᎬᎫᏍᎦ"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "漏"
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "洩漏"
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      "word": "lekken"
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "liki"
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "vuotaa"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "fuir"
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "ship, pipe",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "lecken"
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "faucet",
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "tropfen"
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "διαρρέω"
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      "code": "io",
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      "word": "likar"
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      "code": "id",
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      "word": "bocor"
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      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
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      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "mehtää"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "perdere"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "percolare"
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      "alt": "もれる",
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      "roman": "moreru",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "漏れる"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saeda",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "새다"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "pereo"
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      "code": "ml",
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      "roman": "cōruka",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "ചോരുക"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "papī"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "turuturu"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "mapi"
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    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "goožix",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "гоожих"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "lekke"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "ta inn vann"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "(np. o dachu) przeciekać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "vazar"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tečʹ",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "течь"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "protekátʹ",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "протека́ть"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "läcka"
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      "roman": "rûua",
      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
      "word": "รั่ว"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed",
      "word": "ചോരുക"
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      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
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      "roman": "lòu",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "lække"
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      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "lekken"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "vuotaa"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "durchsickern"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "durchstechen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "leaken"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "diarréo",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "διαρρέω"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "tiftéf",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "טפטף"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "kiszivárogtat"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "far trapelare"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "trapelare"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "filtrare"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "morasu",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "漏らす"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rīku suru",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "リークする"
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      "roman": "cōṟttuka",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "ചോർത്തുക"
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      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "lekke"
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      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "(tajne informacje) przeciekać"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "vazar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "filtrar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "propalar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "pregonar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "läcka"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to reveal secret information",
      "word": "tiết lộ"
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