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verb | noun leakleak1 /lik/ verb ► leak if something leaks, liquid or gas comes out of a hole in it where it is broken or damaged: The pipe under the sink was leaking, and there was water all over the bathroom floor.Gas was leaking from the pipes under the building. ➔ GRAMMAR: The subject of the verb leak can be the container that has a hole in it, or the liquid or gas that comes out: My water bottle leaks. | Water leaked from my bottle.► escape if gas or liquid escapes from a container, it comes out by accident: A cloud of toxic gas escaped from the factory. ➔ GRAMMAR: The subject of the verb escape is always the gas or liquid that comes out. Don’t say: The factory escaped gas. Say: Gas escaped from the factory. ➔ see flow verb | noun leakleak2 /lik/ noun ► leak a hole that liquid or gas comes out of, where something has been broken or is damaged: They say that a gas leak caused the explosion.► puncture a small round hole made by something sharp, especially one that gas or liquid comes out of: Experts do not know what made the puncture in the side of the plane. ➔ GRAMMAR: Puncture is often used before another noun such as “mark” or “wound”: There were two small puncture marks where the snake had bitten her. ➔ see hole |