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утечка — meaning in English

utechka

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English meaning

  • drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
  • leak noun A crack or hole that lets liquid or gas escape or get in when it shouldn't.
  • leakage noun The escape of liquid, gas, or electric current through an unwanted gap.
  • outage noun A period during which a service, especially electricity, is not working.
  • seep verb To flow or leak slowly through small openings or a porous surface.
  • seepage noun The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)

Senses

утечка is used for these senses in English:

  • drain (chiefly, US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
  • leak The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
  • leakage An act of leaking, or something that leaks.
  • leakage An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation.
  • outage The amount of something lost in storage or transportation.
  • seep Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
  • seepage Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.

drain — full definition

  1. noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
  2. verb To cause liquid to flow away, or for liquid to flow away, from something.
  3. verb To gradually use up someone's energy, money, or resources.
  4. noun Something that steadily consumes resources without giving anything back.

leak — full definition

  1. noun A crack or hole that lets liquid or gas escape or get in when it shouldn't.
  2. noun The unauthorized release of secret or private information.
  3. verb To let liquid or gas escape through an opening, or to escape that way.
  4. verb To reveal secret information to the public, usually without permission.

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