leech

[leech]

A leech is a kind of worm that feeds by sucking blood from other animals. You might find yourself needing to pull a leech off your leg after swimming in a lake.

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See 2d Leach.

Noun
carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

Noun
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

Verb
draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"

n.
See 2d Leach.

v. t.
See Leach, v. t.

n.
The border or edge at the side of a sail.

n.
A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.

n.
Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species.

n.
A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.

v. t.
To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.

v. t.
To bleed by the use of leeches.

Leech

Leech , n. See 2d Leach.

Leech

Leech, v. t. See Leach, v. t.

Leech

Leech, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l'c6k, Sw. lik boltrope, stende liken the leeches.] (Naut.) The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also leach.] Leech line, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by. Totten. -- Leech rope, that part of the boltrope to which the side of a sail is sewed.

Leech

Leech, n. [OE. leche, l'91che, physician, AS. lce; akin to Fries. ltza, OHG. l'behh'c6, Icel. l'91knari, Sw. l'84kare, Dan. l'91ge, Goth. lkeis, AS. l'becnian to heal, Sw. l'84ka, Dan.l'91ge, Icel. l'91kna, Goth. lkinn.] 1. physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing. [Written also leach.] [Archaic] Spenser.
Leech, heal thyself.
2. (Zo'94l.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species. &hand; In the mouth of bloodsucking leeches are three convergent, serrated jaws, moved by strong muscles. By the motion of these jaws a stellate incision is made in the skin, through which the leech sucks blood till it is gorged, and then drops off. The stomach has large pouches on each side to hold the blood. The common large bloodsucking leech of America (Macrobdella decora) is dark olive above, and red below, with black spots. Many kinds of leeches are parasitic on fishes; others feed upon worms and mollusks, and have no jaws for drawing blood. See Bdelloidea. Hirudinea, and Clepsine. 3. (Surg.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum. Horse leech, a less powerful European leech (H'91mopis vorax), commonly attacking the membrane that lines the inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals that drink at pools where it lives.

Leech

Leech, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leeched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leeching.] 1. To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds. [Archaic] 2. To bleed by the use of leeches.

See 2d Leach.

See Leach, v. t.

The border or edge at the side of a sail.

physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.

To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.

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Usage Examples

With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got and what you can bring to their life. It's not a relationship-it's a leech.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.