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
- noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
- verb To cause liquid to flow away, or for liquid to flow away, from something.
- verb To gradually use up someone's energy, money, or resources.
- noun Something that steadily consumes resources without giving anything back.
leak — full definition
- noun A crack or hole that lets liquid or gas escape or get in when it shouldn't.
- noun The unauthorized release of secret or private information.
- verb To let liquid or gas escape through an opening, or to escape that way.
- verb To reveal secret information to the public, usually without permission.