LEACH

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

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Etymology 1

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

Verb

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.

Usage notes

Do not confuse this verb with the verb leech.

Anagrams

• Hecla, chela

Proper noun

Leach

A surname.

Anagrams

• Hecla, chela

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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