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Leach
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Leach has 1 sense
- leach(n = noun.process) leaching - the process of leaching; Array is a kind of action, activity, natural action, natural process
Derived forms verb leach3, verb leach2, verb leach1
Verb Leach has 3 senses
- leach(v = verb.motion) Array - cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate; Array is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
- leach(v = verb.motion) percolate - permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground" is one way to dribble, filter, trickle
- leach(v = verb.change) strip - remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil" is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Derived form noun leach1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived form noun leach1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derived form noun leach1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Leach, n.
See 3d Leech. [1913 Webster]
Leach, n. [Cf. As. leáh lye, G. lauge. See Lye.].
- A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. [1913 Webster]
- A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. [1913 Webster]
Leach, v. t. [Written also leech and letch.].
- To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee. [1913 Webster]
- To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes. [1913 Webster]
Leach, v. i.
To part with soluble constituents by percolation. [1913 Webster]
Leach, n.
See Leech, a physician. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Leach, v.
1 tr. make (a liquid) percolate through some material.
2 tr. subject (bark, ore, ash, or soil) to the action of percolating fluid.
3 tr. & intr. (foll. by away, out) remove (soluble matter) or be removed in this way.
1 tr. make (a liquid) percolate through some material.
2 tr. subject (bark, ore, ash, or soil) to the action of percolating fluid.
3 tr. & intr. (foll. by away, out) remove (soluble matter) or be removed in this way.
Derivative
leacher n.
Etymology
prob. repr. OE leccan to water, f. WG
THESAURUS
Leach
abate, abrade, abstract, bate, bathe, bleed, bolt, brew, chemical solution, clarify, clear, colliquate, condense, curtail, cut, decoagulate, decoct, decoction, decrassify, decrease, deduct, deliquesce, depreciate, depurate, derogate, detract, diminish, discharge, disparage, dissolve, distill, douche, drain, drench, dribble, drip, dripple, drop, drouk, eat away, edulcorate, effuse, elute, emit, erode, essentialize, excrete, exfiltrate, extract, extravasate, exudate, exude, file away, filter, filtrate, fluidify, fluidize, flush, flux, fuse, give off, gurgle, hold in solution, imbrue, imbue, impair, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, infusion, inject, lave, leachate, lessen, liquefy, liquesce, liquidize, lixiviate, lixivium, macerate, melt, melt down, mixture, ooze, percolate, permeate, purify, rectify, reduce, reek, refine, remove, retrench, rinse, rub away, run, saturate, screen, seep, seethe, separate, shorten, sieve, sift, soak, sodden, solubilize, solution, solve, sop, souse, spiritualize, spurtle, steep, strain, subduct, sublimate, sublime, subtract, sweat, take away, take from, thaw, thin, thin out, transpire, transude, trickle, try, unclot, wash, waterlog, wear away, weed, weep, winnow, withdraw
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