When that occurs, water escapes through the opening and runs down the outside of the tank.

These are simply the places where the incoming water escapes most naturally.

This was enough for the present; he raised the sluice and let the water escape again below.

The water within the pump could only escape through a small tap or valve.

During the spring flood the waters escaped through a ditch dug by a local man, and a new river formed.

This was aggravated because there were impenetrable layers which the water could not escape through.

The radioactive water did not escape from the building.

They were exposed to radioactive radiation when heavy water escaped.

Close the valve when water escapes in a steady stream.

No water escaped through it, which surely meant it hadn't reached that high yet.