noun Download 🔗Share A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. Examples : "My grandmother used the leach in the backyard to make her own soap from wood ashes. " substance chemistry agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. Examples : "My grandmother used a wooden leach to make lye from wood ashes for her homemade soap. " utensil material agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century. Examples : "1670 Hannah Woolley The Queen-like Closet, Or, Rich Cabinet https//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheQueen-LikeCloset "To make Leach and to colour it"" food history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. Examples : "The doctor used a leech to draw blood and reduce swelling in the patient's injured finger. " animal organism biology medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion. Examples : ""My lazy cousin is a leach; he always borrows money but never pays it back." " person negative character society business moral economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum. Examples : "The doctor carefully positioned the leach over the swollen bruise, hoping to draw out the pooled blood and reduce the inflammation. " medicine device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A physician. Examples : "In past centuries, people consulted a leach for medical advice and treatment. " medicine person job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (Heathenry) A healer. Examples : "In the small village, Freya was known as the village's leach, skilled in herbal remedies and healing touch. " religion mythology person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The vertical edge of a square sail. Examples : "The wind filled the square sail, causing the leach to curve gently outwards. " nautical sailing technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The aft edge of a triangular sail. Examples : "The sailboat's leach was flapping in the wind. " nautical sailing technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. Examples : "Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil." chemistry process science environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To part with soluble constituents by percolation. Examples : "Rain can leach minerals from the soil, carrying them away into the river. " chemistry geology environment process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading