leak

leak
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. i. seep, ooze, escape. See egress, disclosure, waste.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Loss through leakage]
Syn. leakage, loss, flow, seepage, drop, escape, outgoing, incoming, detriment, short circuit, falling off, destruction, expenditure, decrease; see also waste 1 .
2. [An aperture through which a leak may take place]
Syn. puncture, chink, crevice; see hole 1 .
3. [Surreptitious news]
Syn. news leak, exposure, slip; see advertisement 1 , news 1 .
v.
1. [To escape by leaking]
Syn. drip, ooze, drool; see flow 2 .
2. [To permit leakage]
Syn. be cracked, be broken, be split, have a fissure, have a hole, be out of order, be in disrepair, permit wastage, have a slow leak.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
seepage, drip, trickle, oozing, stream, dribble, discharge, opening, rupture, crack, puncture, gash, break, breach.
II
v.
1. discharge seep, drain, drip, trickle, ooze, stream, spurt, dribble, flow.
2. divulge reveal, *spill the beans, disclose.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb Informal. To be made public. Also used with out: break, come out, get out, out, transpire. Idiom: come to light. See KNOWLEDGE, SHOW.

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