Word.ws English Dictionary

leaks like a sieve

leaks like a sieve is the third-person singular simple present indicative of leak like a sieve.

Meaning of leak like a sieve

Verb

leak like a sieve (third-person singular simple present leaks like a sieve, present participle leaking like a sieve, simple past and past participle leaked like a sieve)

  1. (informal, simile) To be very leaky.

Questions about leaks like a sieve

What is leaks like a sieve the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Leaks like a sieve is the third-person singular simple present indicative of leak like a sieve.

Words near leaks like a sieve in the dictionary

  1. leakproofed
  2. leakproofing
  3. leakproofness
  4. leakproofs
  5. leaks
  6. leaks like a sieve
  7. leaks out
  8. leaktivism
  9. leaktivist
  10. leaktivists
  11. leaky

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: leaks like a sieve (page history and authors); leak like a sieve (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “leaks like a sieve.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/leaks_like_a_sieve. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.