leach1
[leech]
verb (used with object)
1.
to dissolve out soluble constituents from(ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
2.
to cause (water or other liquid) to percolate through something.
3.
(of ashes, soil, etc.) to undergo the action of percolating water.
4.
noun verb (used with object)
to percolate, as water.
leech1
[leech]
1.
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
2.
a person who clings to another for personal gain, especially without giving anything in return, and usually with the implication or effect of exhausting the other's resources; parasite.
3.
Archaic. an instrument used for drawing blood.
4.
to apply leeches to, so as to bleed.
5.
to cling to and feed upon or drain, as a leech:
His relatives leeched him until his entire fortune was exhausted.
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