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{
"term": "leak",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "leak",
"heSheIt": "leaks"
},
"pastSimple": "leaked",
"pastParticiple": "leaked",
"ingForm": "leaking"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to allow liquid or gas to get in or out through a small hole",
"sensetop": "leak something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a leaking pipe"
},
{
"text": "The roof was leaking."
},
{
"text": "The tank had leaked a small amount of water.",
"contextForm": "leak something"
},
{
"text": "The house was old and the roof leaked badly."
},
{
"text": "A pipe was leaking in her hotel room."
},
{
"text": "He came to help me repair the leaking roof."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["badly", "slightly"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to get in or out through a small hole in something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Water had started to leak into the cellar."
},
{
"text": "A small stream of water leaked from the rock."
},
{
"text": "to prevent radiation from leaking out"
},
{
"text": "Water was leaking into the cellar."
},
{
"text": "Gas was leaking from one of the pipes."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["badly", "slightly"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to give secret information to the public, for example by telling a reporter",
"sensetop": "leak something (to somebody)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The contents of the report were leaked to the press."
},
{
"text": "He obtained a leaked document containing the views of some officials."
},
{
"text": "Confidential information that has been leaked from the BBC."
},
{
"text": "The document had been widely leaked."
},
{
"text": "The report was leaked to the press."
}
],
"synonyms": "disclose",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "deliberately", "widely"],
"preposition": ["from", "to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/liːk/",
"audio": "le/leak/leak__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːks/",
"audio": "le/leak/leaks__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːkt/",
"audio": "le/leak/leaked__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈliːkɪŋ/",
"audio": "le/leak/leaking__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/liːk/",
"audio": "le/leak/leak__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːks/",
"audio": "le/leak/leaks__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːkt/",
"audio": "le/leak/leaked__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈliːkɪŋ/",
"audio": "le/leak/leaking__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: probably of Low German or Dutch origin and related to lack."
}