[
  {
    "word": "leak",
    "phonetic": "/li\u02d0k/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/li\u02d0k/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/leak-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=360769"
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a leak in a boat"
          },
          {
            "definition": "The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The babies' diapers had big leaks."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The press must have learned about the plan through a leak."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "memory leak"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(especially with the verb \"take\") An act of urination.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I have to take a leak."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The faucet has been leaking since last month."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "No one realized that propane gas was leaking from a rusty tank in the concession area, slowly filling the unventilated room."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Leaky.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leak"
    ]
  }
]