n 1: the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they
tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe";
"he had to clean up the leak" [syn: escape, leak, leakage]
2: the process of flowing out [syn: effluence, efflux]
[ant: inflow, inflow]
3: a natural flow of ground water [syn: spring, fountain, outpouring, natural spring]