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1 leak
[li:k] 1. noun1) (a crack or hole through which liquid or gas escapes: Water was escaping through a leak in the pipe.) σημείο διαρροής, ρωγμή, τρύπα2) (the passing of gas, water etc through a crack or hole: a gas-leak.) διαρροή, διαφυγή3) (a giving away of secret information: a leak of Government plans.) διαρροή πληροφοριών2. verb1) (to have a leak: This bucket leaks; The boiler leaked hot water all over the floor.) παρουσιάζω διαρροή, στάζω, μπάζω νερά2) (to (cause something) to pass through a leak: Gas was leaking from the cracked pipe; He was accused of leaking secrets to the enemy.) διαρρέω•- leakage- leaky -
2 escape
[i'skeip] 1. verb1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) δραπετεύω2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) ξεφεύγω,γλιτώνω3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) διαφεύγω4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) διαρρέω2. noun((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) απόδραση,διαφυγή,διαρροή- escapism- escapist -
3 waste
[weist] 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) σπαταλώ, χαραμίζω2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) απορρίματα, απόβλητα2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) σπατάλη, άδικο χάσιμο3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) έρημη έκταση•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste away
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