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# leaky

«leaky» in Mova's school dictionary: **Leaky describes something with a hole or crack that lets…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (leaky, leakier, leakiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Leaky describes something with a hole or crack that lets liquid or gas escape or get in: a leaky tap, a leaky roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaky/#m1)

2) (informal) Leaky can describe a person or group that lets secrets out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaky/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a leaky tap drips, a leaky boot lets water in, a leaky tent gets everyone wet. In science and maths problems a leaky tank or bucket loses water over time. In news a «leaky» government lets secrets reach the press. Phrases: «a leaky tap», «a leaky roof», «leaky boat».

### examples

- The leaky tap dripped all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaky/#x1)
- Put a bucket under the leaky roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaky/#x2)
- My wellies are leaky, so my socks are soaked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaky/#x3)
- They rowed across the lake in a leaky old boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaky/#x4)
- A leaky pen left ink all over my pencil case. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaky/#x5)
- The team was so leaky that the coach's plan reached the other side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaky/#x6)

### note

From «leak» (noun and verb). Do not confuse «leak» with «leek» (the vegetable). In maths problems: if a leaky tank loses 2 litres an hour, after 5 hours it has lost 10 litres; if it is also being filled, subtract the leak from the filling rate.

### In the corpora

- [Think of a leaky old house: no single drip brings it down, but many leaks together, year after year, do.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «leaky» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaky/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.