"lixiviate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /lɪkˈsɪvieɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lixiviate.wav Forms: more lixiviate [comparative], most lixiviate [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus, or formed from the root of lixīvium, lixīvia, from lixīvius (“made into lye”), from lixa (“water, lye, ashes”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|lixivio|lixīvio, lixīviātus}} Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus Head templates: {{en-adj}} lixiviate (comparative more lixiviate, superlative most lixiviate)
  1. Of or relating to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
    Sense id: en-lixiviate-en-adj-U6exoECu
  2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.
    Sense id: en-lixiviate-en-adj-kKqszMyh

Noun

IPA: /lɪkˈsɪvieɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lixiviate.wav Forms: lixiviates [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus, or formed from the root of lixīvium, lixīvia, from lixīvius (“made into lye”), from lixa (“water, lye, ashes”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|lixivio|lixīvio, lixīviātus}} Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus Head templates: {{en-noun}} lixiviate (plural lixiviates)
  1. leachate
    Sense id: en-lixiviate-en-noun-SqlVeh91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 23 44 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 17 51 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 20 17 47 16

Verb

IPA: /lɪkˈsɪvieɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lixiviate.wav Forms: lixiviates [present, singular, third-person], lixiviating [participle, present], lixiviated [participle, past], lixiviated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus, or formed from the root of lixīvium, lixīvia, from lixīvius (“made into lye”), from lixa (“water, lye, ashes”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|lixivio|lixīvio, lixīviātus}} Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} lixiviate (third-person singular simple present lixiviates, present participle lixiviating, simple past and past participle lixiviated)
  1. To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach. Translations (To separate (a substance)): излугвам (izlugvam) (Bulgarian), loužit [imperfective] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-lixiviate-en-verb-y85WrG29

Inflected forms

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