What does leaking mean?
Leaking means present participle and gerund of leak.
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/ˈliːkɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of leak.
[…] on rainy nights the audience in the pit held up their umbrellas to screen themselves from the leakings through the roof.
Use leaking when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Leaking means present participle and gerund of leak.
Common synonyms include leaky, unseaworthy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] on rainy nights the audience in the pit held up their umbrellas to screen themselves from the leakings through the roof.
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