leach : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: leach	by the DICT Development Group
9 results for leach
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leach n the process of leaching Synonym(s): leach, leaching v cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground" Synonym(s): leach, percolate remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil" Synonym(s): leach, strip
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leach \Leach\, n. (Naut.) See 3d {Leech}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leach \Leach\, n. [Written also {letch}.] [Cf. As. le[a0]h 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leach \Leach\, v. i. To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leach \Leach\, n. See {Leech}, a physician. [Obs.]
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\, 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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Leach, OK Zip code(s): 74364