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Leach

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Noun

1. leach, leaching

the process of leaching

Verb

2. leach

cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate

3. leach, percolate

permeate or penetrate gradually

Example Sentences:
'the fertilizer leached into the ground'

4. leach, strip

remove substances from by a percolating liquid

Example Sentences:
'leach the soil'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Leach

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verb
1. 
to remove or be removed from a substance by a percolating liquid
2. 
to lose or cause to lose soluble substances by the action of a percolating liquid
3.  another word for percolate (sense 1), percolate (sense 2)
noun
4. 
the act or process of leaching
5. 
a substance that is leached or the constituents removed by leaching
6. 
a porous vessel for leaching
noun
a variant spelling of leech2
noun
Bernard (Howell). 1887–1979, British potter, born in Hong Kong

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Leach

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verb transitive
1. 
to cause (a liquid) to filter down through some material
2. 
to subject to the washing action of a filtering liquid
wood ashes are leached to extract lye
3. 
to extract (a soluble substance) from some material by causing water to filter down through the material
lye is leached from wood ashes
verb intransitive
4. 
to lose soluble matter as a result of the filtering through of water
soil that has leached badly
5. 
to dissolve and be washed away
noun
6. 
the action of leaching
7. 
a sievelike container used in leaching
8. 
leachate
noun
alt. sp. of
leech2

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Leach

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v. leached, leach·ing, leach·es
v.tr.
1. To remove soluble or other constituents from by the action of a percolating liquid: heavy rains that leached the soil of minerals.
2. To remove from a substance by the action of a percolating liquid: acids in groundwater that leach calcium out of the bedrock.
3. To empty; drain: "a world leached of pleasure, voided of meaning" (Marilynne Robinson).
v.intr.
To be dissolved or passed out by a percolating liquid.
n.
1. The act or process of leaching.
2. A porous, perforated, or sievelike vessel that holds material to be leached.
3. The substance through which a liquid is leached.

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