{
    "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."
}