different between seep vs leach
seep
English
Etymology
Variant of sipe, from Middle English *sipen, from Old English sipian, from Proto-Germanic *sip?n?, derivative of *s?pan? (compare Middle Dutch s?pen (“to drip”), archaic German seifen (“to trickle blood”)), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *sib- (“to pour out, drip, trickle”) (compare Latin s?bum (“suet, tallow”), Ancient Greek ???? (eíb?, “to drop, drip”). See soap.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?p, IPA(key): /si?p/
- Rhymes: -i?p
Verb
seep (third-person singular simple present seeps, present participle seeping, simple past and past participle seeped)
- (intransitive) To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To diminish or wane away slowly.
Synonyms
- leak
Noun
seep (plural seeps)
- A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping.
- Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
- The seeping away of a liquid, etc.
- A seafloor vent.
Translations
Translations
See also
- sip
- siphon
Anagrams
- Sepe, eeps, pees
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch zeep.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??p/
Noun
seep (plural sepe)
- soap
Descendants
- ? Xhosa: isepha
- ? Zulu: insipho
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German sêpe.
Noun
seep (genitive seebi, partitive seepi)
- soap
Declension
Massachusett
Pronunciation
- (Revived) IPA(key): /si?p/
Noun
seep
- river
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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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