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leach
1[ leech ]
verb (used with object)
- to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- to cause (water or other liquid) to percolate through something.
verb (used without object)
- (of ashes, soil, etc.) to undergo the action of percolating water.
- to percolate, as water.
noun
- the act or process of leaching.
- a product or solution obtained by leaching; leachate.
- the material leached.
- a vessel for use in leaching.
leach
2[ leech ]
noun
Leach
1/ liːtʃ /
noun
- LeachBernard (Howell)18871979MBritishHong KongARTS AND CRAFTS: potter Bernard ( Howell ). 1887–1979, British potter, born in Hong Kong
leach
2/ liːtʃ /
verb
- to remove or be removed from a substance by a percolating liquid
- to lose or cause to lose soluble substances by the action of a percolating liquid
noun
- the act or process of leaching
- a substance that is leached or the constituents removed by leaching
- a porous vessel for leaching
leach
3/ liːtʃ /
noun
- a variant spelling of leech 2
Derived Forms
- ˈleacher, noun
Other Words From
- leacha·ble adjective
- leacha·bili·ty noun
- leacher noun
- un·leached adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of leach1
Example Sentences
They are notorious for ending up in waterways and other ecosystems, where they contaminate habitats, leach chemicals and become part of the food chain.
There’s another Britney on my mind today, too, one that is alive, one that can be saved from the leaches that are controlling and trafficking her.
Rising sea levels have elevated the water table in coastal areas, shrinking the depth of leach fields and increasing contamination.
Professor Penelope Leach told The Daily Beast it was ludicrous to monitor young children in that way.
The compilation also brought the Nazi-riffic Apt Pupil and leach-tastic The Body (aka Stand By Me) to the silver screen.
Leach ran an ad teasing Margolies about her Clinton connection, dismissing the first family of Democratic politics as old news.
Leach was active in several moderate groups during his 30 years in the House, losing his bid for reelection in 2006.
For Jeff Leach, the man behind it, the restaurant was an experiment.
Among the former were a species of phyllosoma, and the Alima hyalina of Leach.
As Donovan described and figured this insect many years before Dr. Leach, his name has the right of priority.
Mr. Leach, of Michigan, stated that he had paired with Mr. English, or he would have voted in the negative.
In Calepteryx Virgo Leach, the former are of a lovely silky blue, and the latter green.
A Y-shaped partition that divides the head internally in Locusta Leach, into two chambers, an anterior and posterior.
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