leech : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: leech	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for leech
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leech n carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end Synonym(s): leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage Synonym(s): leech, parasite, sponge, sponger v draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" Synonym(s): bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leech \Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[91]che, physician, AS. l[aemac]ce; akin to Fries. l[emac]tza, OHG. l[be]hh[c6], Icel. l[91]knari, Sw. l[84]kare, Dan. l[91]ge, Goth. l[emac]keis, AS. l[be]cnian to heal, Sw. l[84]ka, Dan. l[91]ge, Icel. l[91]kna, Goth. l[emac]kin[omac]n.] 1. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing. [Written also {leach}.] [Archaic] --Spenser. Leech, heal thyself. --Wyclif (Luke iv. 23). 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order {Hirudinea}, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leech \Leech\ (l[emac]ch), n. See 2d {Leach}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leech \Leech\, v. t. See {Leach}, v. t.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leech \Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[c6]k, Sw. lik boltrope, st[aring]ende 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leech \Leech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leeched} (l[emac]cht); 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.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
leech n. Among BBS types, crackers and {warez d00dz}, one who consumes knowledge without generating new software, cracks, or techniques. BBS culture specifically defines a leech as someone who downloads files with few or no uploads in return, and who does not contribute to the message section. Cracker culture extends this definition to someone (a {lamer}, usually) who constantly presses informed sources for information and/or assistance, but has nothing to contribute.