Decrease and Leak

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
  • usage: "one of the tires developed a leak"
• Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi.
• A euphemism for urination.
  • usage: "he had to take a leak"
  • synonyms: wetting, making water, passing water
• The discharge of a fluid from some container.
  • usage: "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
  • synonyms: escape, leakage, outflow
• Unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information.
  • synonyms: news leak

verb

• Tell anonymously.
  • usage: "The news were leaked to the paper"
• Be leaked.
  • usage: "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
  • synonyms: leak out
• Enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure.
  • usage: "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"
• Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out.
  • usage: "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"

• (a.) Leaky.
• (v.) A crack, crevice, fissure or hole which admits water or other fluid or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.
• (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
• (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
• (n.) To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc.; to pass gradually into or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.
• (n.) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.