Part 200

Word-of-the-Day
Leak

Pronunciation
/li:k/

Leak is both a Transitive Verb and Intransitive Verb
Leak is a Countable Noun
Leakage is an Uncountable Noun
Leaky is an Adjective

Meaning
If a liquid or gas leaks, it comes out of a hole by accident, and if a container leaks, it allows liquid or gas to come out when it should not. (Verb)
A hole in something that a liquid or gas comes out of, or the liquid or gas that comes out (Countable Noun)

Usage
20 million people in S Korea fall victim to data leak

(Source: CLD- 2nd Edition)

Today’s Reading

The personal data of at least 20 million bank and credit card users in South Korea has been leaked, state regulators said on Sunday, one of the country’s biggest ever breaches. (The Straits Times)