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Adjective
▲
(of a container or covering) Accidentally losing or admitting contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack
leaky
dripping
drippy
permeable
porous
holey
sieve-like
not watertight
pervious
penetrable
passable
porose
open
honeycombed
cellular
semipermeable
pierceable
percolative
leachy
cavernulous
poriferous
pory
foraminous
“A manager of a pharmacy is suing for injuries after a leaking bottle of lotion fell apart and cut his hand.”
Noun
▲
The making known of something that was previously secret or unknown
revelation
disclosure
telling
divulgence
publication
broadcasting
unveiling
communication
discovery
exposure
leak
announcement
betrayal
disclosing
divulging
proclamation
exposé
airing
circulation
dissemination
exhibition
publicisingUK
publicizingUS
publishing
uncovering
announcing
broadcast
confession
declaration
declaring
imparting
posting
report
reporting
unfolding
utterance
admission
divulgation
divulgement
exposition
giveaway
passing on
vouchsafing
break
breaking
letting out
giving away
letting slip
making known
making public
giving out
letting drop
bringing to public attention
bringing to public notice
blow by blow
more ❯
Noun
▲
An instance of leaking
leak
leakage
discharge
drip
percolation
seepage
escape
oozing
flow
gush
outflow
seeping
efflux
emanation
issue
slip
trickle
exudation
secretion
excretion
emission
release
ejection
exuding
effusion
ooze
emptying
venting
radiation
ejaculation
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make known, especially confidential information and in a discrete manner
divulging
disclosing
revealing
telling
betraying
breaking
blabbing
broadcasting
communicating
exposing
imparting
outing
releasing
unveiling
publishing
admitting
confessing
passing
relating
slipping
uncovering
transpiring
trickling
bringing to light
coming out
letting on
made known
blowing wide open
bringing into the open
getting out
giving away
making public
passing on
spilling the beans
taking the lid off
blowing the gaff
letting slip
blurting out
letting the cat out of the bag
more ❯
“Why, and on whose authority, did unnamed police sources leak information to the press?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to lose or admit contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack
discharging
exuding
emitting
excreting
seeping
oozing
releasing
secreting
bleeding
draining
dripping
emanating
escaping
issuing
passing
spilling
streaming
trickling
dribbling
ejecting
gushing
percolating
spewing
spouting
spurting
squirting
drooling
pouring out
sending forth
gushing out
oozing out
seeping out
more ❯
“A depressurized system may continue to leak gas from faulty or improperly sealed unit isolation valves.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pour from, or as from, a container, especially by accident
spilling
pouring
flowing
discharging
running
trickling
overflowing
welling
dribbling
dripping
shedding
disgorging
splashing
dropping
falling
slopping
sloshing
scattering
brimming
escaping
splattering
overbrimming
sploshing
emptying
spattering
losing
overfilling
overrunning
spilling out
spilling over
welling over
running over
running out
tipped out
throwing off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to declare loudly, openly or publicly
publicisingUK
publicizingUS
broadcasting
publishing
announcing
proclaiming
declaring
communicating
promulgating
advertising
airing
disclosing
advertizing
revealing
blazoning
releasing
divulging
disseminating
trumpeting
heralding
enunciating
circulating
posting
spreading
imparting
annunciating
reporting
sounding
blazing
blaring
placarding
transmitting
flashing
exposing
issuing
distributing
unfolding
propagandisingUK
propagandizingUS
crying
drumming
headlining
advancing
extolling
spotlighting
billing
skywriting
splashing
spotting
made known
making public
giving out
putting out
bringing to public attention
bringing to public notice
writing up
playing up
making a pitch for
putting on the map
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to admit that one has committed a crime or wrongdoing
confessing
admitting
squealing
revealing
singing
professing
snitching
allowing
conceding
finking
granting
avowing
confiding
confirming
coughing
blowing
chirping
fingering
unloading
venting
weaselingUS
weasellingUK
telling all
coming clean
admitting guilt
telling the truth
accepting blame
accepting responsibility
pleading guilty
spilling the beans
owning up
letting on
ratting on
fessing up
spilling your guts
letting the cat out of the bag
blurting out
owning up to
copping to
unbosoming oneself
making a clean breast of it
telling all about
bringing into the open
bringing to light
coming out
dumping on
humbling oneself
levelling with
spitting out
tipping one's hand
blowing the lid off
coming out of the closet
getting off your chest
making a clean breast of
opening your heart
making a clean breast
making clean breast of
self-declaring
self-disclosing
self-divulging
self-reporting
self-responding
making a clean breast of things
going public with
spilling your guts about
spilling the beans about
Verb
▲
Present participle for to suggest or indicate something indirectly or covertly
hinting
suggesting
insinuating
implying
indicating
intimating
inferring
alluding
signallingUK
signalingUS
connoting
cueing
exposing
meaning
mentioning
whispering
broaching
angling
adumbrating
reminding
foreshadowing
hinting at
alluding to
giving a clue
driving at
getting at
giving an inkling
tipping off
referring to
alluding to the fact
dropping a hint
giving someone to believe
giving someone to understand
touching on
bringing up
making a reference to the fact
referring to the fact
tipping the wink
letting it be known
saying in passing
tipping one's hand
letting out of bag
putting flea in ear
leading up to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become or be made (widely) known
becoming known
spreading
circulating
getting out
getting around
breaking out
leaking out
breaking
becoming apparent
outing
coming to light
becoming common knowledge
getting round
coming out in the open
getting about
coming out
proving to be the case
becoming evident
emerging
coming out in the wash
disseminating
propagating
surfacing
going the rounds
becoming widely known
becoming public
doing the rounds
moving about
travellingUK
travelingUS
moving around
disclosing
making public
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pass urine from the body
urinating
weeing
tinkling
piddling
micturating
peeing
widdling
whizzing
going
wizzing
wee-weeing
passing water
wetting oneself
having a leak
having a tinkle
having a wee
having a widdle
taking a leak
taking a whizz
making water
going to the loo
going to the toilet
having a piddle
having a slash
having a wazz
spending a penny
doing it
going to the lavatory
having a Jimmy
having a Jimmy Riddle
having a piss
lifting its leg
relieving oneself
doing business
answering the call of nature
having to go
shaking hands with an old friend
peeing one's pants
pee-peeing
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become apparent or known, especially of information
transpiring
emerging
breaking
materialisingUK
materializingUS
becoming apparent
coming out
becoming known
leaking out
getting out
coming to light
turning out
Verb
▲
Present participle for to betray the secrets of, or to inform on someone
splitting
informing
telling
ratting
squealing
fingering
grassing
peaching
pooling
shopping
informing against
informing on
telling on
ratting on
ratting out
selling out
squealing on
giving away
grassing on
peaching on someone
stitching up
telling tales
blowing the whistle on
telling tales on
doing the dirty on
dropping a dime on
pimping on
stabbing in the back
dropping the dime on
selling down the river
putting someone's pot on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to spread or pervade throughout
permeating
pervading
suffusing
imbuing
infusing
saturating
filling
steeping
penetrating
impregnating
charging
percolating
infiltrating
diffusing
transfusing
soaking
interpenetrating
informing
riddling
entering
seeping
flooding
perfusing
ingraining
invading
drenching
filtering
passing
interfusing
piercing
spreading through
diffusing through
filtering through
passing through
percolating through
seeping through
running through
extending throughout
flowing through
percolating into
soaking through
leaching through
diffusing throughout
going through
Verb
▲
Present participle for to impart information or knowledge
informing
telling
advising
briefing
enlightening
apprising
notifying
acquainting
instructing
edifying
updating
clearing
familiarisingUK
familiarizingUS
hipping
priming
relating
versing
cluing
clueing
filling in
posting
tipping
touting
announcing to
cautioning
clueing in
educating
forewarning
tattling
teaching
warning
catching up
cluing up
communicating to
imparting to
keeping posted
leaking to
levelling with
bringing up-to-date
communicating knowledge
filling someone in
grassing up
letting know
putting in the picture
reporting to
sending word
sneaking on
tipping off
giving a pointer
giving a tip
giving someone to understand
giving the low-down to
giving two cents
letting in on
making conversant with
sending word to
showing the ropes
blowing the whistle on
constantly updating
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to be empty or vacant
emptying
clearing
vacating
discharging
evacuating
exhausting
expending
unloading
depleting
dissipating
tapping
unburdening
unpacking
voiding
bleeding
disburdening
draining
dumping
ejecting
expelling
extracting
releasing
removing
spending
withdrawing
decanting
disgorging
gutting
milking
purging
sapping
unlading
leaving
pouring out
siphoning off
using up
clearing out
flowing out
making void
drawing off
making vacant
pumping out
removing the contents of
running out
rushing out
consuming the contents of
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