What is the meaning of leak?

noun

• An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
  • usage: "one of the tires developed a leak"
• Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi.
• A euphemism for urination.
  • usage: "he had to take a leak"
  • synonyms: wetting, making water, passing water
• The discharge of a fluid from some container.
  • usage: "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
  • synonyms: escape, leakage, outflow
• Unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information.
  • synonyms: news leak

verb

• Tell anonymously.
  • usage: "The news were leaked to the paper"
• Be leaked.
  • usage: "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
  • synonyms: leak out
• Enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure.
  • usage: "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"
• Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out.
  • usage: "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"