leach

[Leach]

When minerals or other materials are pulled out of some substance by a liquid, you can say that they leach from it. A flood can leach important nutrients out of a farmer's field.

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See 3d Leech.

Noun
the process of leaching

Verb
remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil"

Verb
permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground"

Verb
cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate

n.
See 3d Leech.

n.
A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

n.
A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

v. t.
To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.

v. t.
To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.

v. i.
To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

n.
See Leech, a physician.

Leach

Leach , n. (Naut.) See 3d Leech.

Leach

Leach, n. [Written also letch.] [Cf. As. le'a0h 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

Leach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leached ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaching.] [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

Leach, v. i. To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

Leach

Leach, n. See Leech, a physician. [Obs.]

See 3d Leech.

A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.

To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

See Leech, a physician.

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