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leachy
English
Alternative forms
- leechy (error)
Etymology
leach +? -y
Adjective
leachy (comparative more leachy, superlative most leachy)
- Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous.
- Gravelly and sandy soils may be leachy.
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leach
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: l?ch, IPA(key): /li?t?/
- Homophone: leech
- Rhymes: -i?t?
Etymology 1
From Middle English leche (“leachate; sluggish stream”), from Old English *l??, *l??e (“muddy stream”), from Proto-Germanic *l?kij? (“a leak, drain, flow”)(compare Proto-Germanic *lekan? (“to leak, drain”)), from Proto-Indo-European *le?- (“to leak”). Cognate with Old English le??an (“to water, moisten”), Old English lacu (“stream, pool, pond”). More at leak, lake.
Noun
leach (plural leaches)
- A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
- 1894, Robert Barr, In the Midst of Alarms, ch. 7:
- "This is the leach," said Kitty, pointing to a large, yellowish, upright wooden cylinder, which rested on some slanting boards, down the surface of which ran a brownish liquid that dripped into a trough.
- 1894, Robert Barr, In the Midst of Alarms, ch. 7:
- (nautical) Alternative spelling of leech.
- A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
- 1670 Hannah Woolley The Queen-like Closet, Or, Rich Cabinet [1] "To make Leach and to colour it"
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English *lechen, *lecchen, from Old English le??an, from Proto-Germanic *lakjan?, from Proto-Indo-European *le?- (“to leak”).
Verb
leach (third-person singular simple present leaches, present participle leaching, simple past and past participle leached)
- (transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
- Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.
- (intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
Usage notes
Do not confuse this verb with the verb leech.
Derived terms
- leaching
- leachate
Translations
Anagrams
- Hecla, chela
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