leach, leaching
(noun) the process of leaching
leach, strip
(verb) remove substances from by a percolating liquid; “leach the soil”
leach, percolate
(verb) permeate or penetrate gradually; “the fertilizer leached into the ground”
leach
(verb) cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate
Source: WordNet® 3.1
leach (plural leaches)
A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
(nautical) Alternative spelling of leech.
A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
leach (third-person singular simple present leaches, present participle leaching, simple past and past participle leached)
(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
(intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
Do not confuse this verb with the verb leech.
• Hecla, chela
Leach
A surname.
• Hecla, chela
Source: Wiktionary
Leach, n. (Naut.)
Definition: See 3d Leech.
Leach, n. [Written also letch.] Etym: [Cf. As. leáh lye, G. lauge. See Lye.]
1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. Leach tub, a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.
Leach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leached; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaching.] Etym: [Written also leech and letch.]
1. To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
2. To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.
Leach, v. i.
Definition: To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
Leach, n.
Definition: See Leech, a physician. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
