[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

leak \leak\ l=ek, n. akin to d. lek leaky, a leak, g. leck,
   icel. lekr leaky, dan. laek leaky, a leak, sw. laumck;
   cf. as. hlec full of cracks or leaky. cf. leak, v.
   1. a crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or
      other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a
      leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. "one leak will sink
      a ship." --bunyan.
      1913 webster

   2. the entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack,
      fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the
      ship's pumps.
      1913 webster

   3. elec. a loss of electricity through imperfect
      insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   4. an act of urinating; -- used mostly in the phrase

   take a leak, i. e. to urinate. vulgar
      pjc

   5. the disclosure of information that is expected to be kept
      confidential; as, leaks by the white house staff
      infuriated nixon; leaks by the special prosecutor were
      criticized as illegal.
      pjc

   to spring a leak, to open or crack so as to let in water;
      to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.
      1913 webster
see also:
leak take a leak to spring a leak 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spring \spring\ spri^ng, v. t.
   1. to cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to
      cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to
      spring a pheasant.
      1913 webster

   2. to produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; as, to
      spring a surprise on someone; to spring a joke.
      1913 webster

            she starts, and leaves her bed, and springs a light.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            the friends to the cause sprang a new project.
                                                  --swift.
      1913 webster

   3. to cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.
      1913 webster

   4. to crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as,
      to spring a mast or a yard.
      1913 webster

   5. to cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap
      operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap.
      1913 webster

   6. to bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force
      or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and
      allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in,
      out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar.
      1913 webster

   7. to pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence.
      1913 webster

   8. to release a person from confinement, especially from a
      prison. colloquial
      pjc

   to spring a butt naut., to loosen the end of a plank in a
      ship's bottom.

   to spring a leak naut., to begin to leak.

   to spring an arch arch., to build an arch; -- a common
      term among masons; as, to spring an arch over a lintel.

   to spring a rattle, to cause a rattle to sound. see
      watchman's rattle, under watchman.

   to spring the luff naut., to ease the helm, and sail
      nearer to the wind than before; -- said of a vessel.
      --mar. dict.

   to spring a mast or to spring a spar naut., to strain
      it so that it is unserviceable.
      1913 webster
see also:
to spring a butt to spring a leak to spring an arch to spring a rattle watchman's rattle watchman 
to spring the luff to spring a mast to spring a spar 

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