leechlike

Definition of Leechlike in English :

Adjective

1. bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic, parasitical

of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another

Example Sentences:
'a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses'
'parasitic vines that strangle the trees'
'bloodsucking blackmailer'
'his indolent leechlike existence'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Leechlike

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noun

1.

any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, which have a sucker at each end of the body and feed on the blood or tissues of other animals

Leechlike

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noun

1. Archaic

a physician

2.

any of a subclass (Hirudinea) of mostly flattened, annelid worms living in water or wet earth and having a well-developed sucker at each end: most are bloodsuckers, and one species (Hirudo medicinalis) has been used in medicine, esp. in former times, to bleed patients

3.

a person who clings to another to gain some personal advantage; parasite

verb transitive

4. Obsolete

to heal

5.

to apply leeches to; bleed with leeches

6.

to cling to (another) as a parasite; drain dry

verb intransitive

7.

to act as a parasite

often with onto

noun

1.

the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail

2.

either of the vertical edges of a square sail

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