"leach" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /liːt͡ʃ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-leach.ogg [US] Forms: leaches [plural]
enPR: lēch Rhymes: -iːtʃ Etymology: From Middle English leche (“leachate; sluggish stream”), from Old English *lǣċ, *lǣċe (“muddy stream”), from Proto-Germanic *lēkijō (“a leak, drain, flow”) (compare Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”). Cognate with Old English leċċan (“to water, moisten”), Old English lacu (“stream, pool, pond”). More at leak, lake. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leche|t=leachate; sluggish stream}} Middle English leche (“leachate; sluggish stream”), {{inh|en|ang|*lǣċ}} Old English *lǣċ, {{m|ang|*lǣċe|t=muddy stream}} *lǣċe (“muddy stream”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lēkijō|t=a leak, drain, flow}} Proto-Germanic *lēkijō (“a leak, drain, flow”), {{cog|gem-pro|*lekaną|t=to leak, drain}} Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-|t=to leak}} Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”), {{cog|ang|leċċan||to water, moisten}} Old English leċċan (“to water, moisten”), {{cog|ang|lacu||stream, pool, pond}} Old English lacu (“stream, pool, pond”), {{l|en|leak}} leak, {{l|en|lake}} lake Head templates: {{en-noun}} leach (plural leaches)
  1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. Translations (wood ashes): луга (luga) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-leach-en-noun-2pRC2nG3 Disambiguation of 'wood ashes': 72 23 4 1
  2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. Translations (tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.): lúgzókád (Hungarian), lúgozókád (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-leach-en-noun-IB9BCwjj Disambiguation of 'tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.': 5 92 3 0
  3. (nautical) Alternative spelling of leech. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: leech Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-leach-en-noun-CQy1G6En Topics: nautical, transport
  4. A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
    Sense id: en-leach-en-noun-w2avoPn9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /liːt͡ʃ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-leach.ogg [US] Forms: leaches [present, singular, third-person], leaching [participle, present], leached [participle, past], leached [past]
enPR: lēch Rhymes: -iːtʃ Etymology: From Middle English *lechen, *lecchen, from Old English leċċan, from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*lechen}} Middle English *lechen, {{m|enm|*lecchen}} *lecchen, {{inh|en|ang|leċċan}} Old English leċċan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lakjaną}} Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-|t=to leak}} Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} leach (third-person singular simple present leaches, present participle leaching, simple past and past participle leached)
  1. (transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. Tags: transitive Translations (to purge a soluble matter out of something): излугвам (izlugvam) (Bulgarian), vyplavovat [imperfective] (Czech), vyluhovat [imperfective] (Czech), huuhtoa (Finnish), liuottaa (Finnish), auswaschen (German), auslaugen (German), kilúgoz (Hungarian), kimos (Hungarian), drenare (Italian), purgare (Italian), filtrare (Italian), percolare (Italian), whakapākeka (Maori), lixiviar (Portuguese), вымывать (vymyvatʹ) (Russian), izlužiti (Slovene), lixiviar (Spanish), laka ur (Swedish), vattna ur (Swedish), dra ur (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-leach-en-verb-PlAw7qlM Disambiguation of 'to purge a soluble matter out of something': 87 8 5
  2. (intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-leach-en-verb-~bw5HjWU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 6 16 4 12 44 6
  3. (figurative, intransitive) To bleed, seep. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-leach-en-verb-yckTZjQb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: leaching, leachate
Etymology number: 2

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          "ref": "2014 April 21, Mary Keen, “You can still teach an old gardener new tricks: Even the hardiest of us gardeners occasionally learn useful new techniques [print version: Gardening is always ready to teach even the hardiest of us a few new tricks, 19 April 2014]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), page G7",
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        "(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid."
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        "2": "*lǣċe",
        "t": "muddy stream"
      },
      "expansion": "*lǣċe (“muddy stream”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lēkijō",
        "t": "a leak, drain, flow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lēkijō (“a leak, drain, flow”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*lekaną",
        "t": "to leak, drain"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leǵ-",
        "t": "to leak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "leċċan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to water, moisten"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lacu",
        "3": "",
        "4": "stream, pool, pond"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "leak"
      },
      "expansion": "leak",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lake"
      },
      "expansion": "lake",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English leche (“leachate; sluggish stream”), from Old English *lǣċ, *lǣċe (“muddy stream”), from Proto-Germanic *lēkijō (“a leak, drain, flow”)\n(compare Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”).\nCognate with Old English leċċan (“to water, moisten”), Old English lacu (“stream, pool, pond”). More at leak, lake.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali."
      ],
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        [
          "alkali",
          "alkali"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1894, Robert Barr, chapter 7, in In the Midst of Alarms",
          "text": "\"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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc."
      ],
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          "tub",
          "tub"
        ],
        [
          "vat",
          "vat"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "word": "leech"
        }
      ],
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        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of leech."
      ],
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        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "leech",
          "leech#English:_sail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) Alternative spelling of leech."
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "1670, Hannah Woolley, “To make Leach and to colour it”, in The Queen-like Closet, Or, Rich Cabinet:",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweetmeat",
          "sweetmeat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "leech"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːtʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-leach.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/En-us-leach.ogg/En-us-leach.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/En-us-leach.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lēch"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "luga",
      "sense": "wood ashes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "луга"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.",
      "word": "lúgzókád"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.",
      "word": "lúgozókád"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leach"
}

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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/iːtʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/iːtʃ/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "leaching"
    },
    {
      "word": "leachate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English *lechen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "*lecchen"
      },
      "expansion": "*lecchen",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "leċċan"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lakjaną"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lakjaną",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "t": "to leak"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English *lechen, *lecchen, from Old English leċċan, from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leaches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leaching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leached",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leached",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 April 21, Mary Keen, “You can still teach an old gardener new tricks: Even the hardiest of us gardeners occasionally learn useful new techniques [print version: Gardening is always ready to teach even the hardiest of us a few new tricks, 19 April 2014]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), page G7",
          "text": "[T]he very wet winter will have washed much of the goodness out of the soil. Homemade compost and the load of manure we get from a friendly farmer may not be enough to compensate for what has leached from the ground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "purge",
          "purge"
        ],
        [
          "soluble",
          "soluble"
        ],
        [
          "percolating",
          "percolate"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The gangue was leached to recover minerals left behind by the original technology."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To part with soluble constituents by percolation."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Andrew Shanken, “The Sublime \"Jackass\"”, in Places, volume 19",
          "text": "A more generic geography, one where the suburb uneasily abuts the commercial and industrial, or leaches out to a nonurban frontier.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bleed, seep."
      ],
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        [
          "bleed",
          "bleed"
        ],
        [
          "seep",
          "seep"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, intransitive) To bleed, seep."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/liːt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "leech"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːtʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-leach.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/En-us-leach.ogg/En-us-leach.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/En-us-leach.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lēch"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izlugvam",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "излугвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vyplavovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vyluhovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "huuhtoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "liuottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "lessiver",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "auswaschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "auslaugen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "kilúgoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "kimos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "drenare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "purgare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "filtrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "percolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "whakapākeka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "lixiviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vymyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "вымывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "izlužiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "lixiviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "laka ur"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "vattna ur"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to purge a soluble matter out of something",
      "word": "dra ur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leach"
}

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