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leach
What does leach mean?
leach (verb): permeate or penetrate gradually.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use leach in a sentence?
- The fertilizer leached into the ground. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce leach?
/litʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does leach come from?
From Middle English *lechen, *lecchen, from Old English leċċan, from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “leach” mean?
to break from internal pressure
Not quite: that's what burst means.
to justify; to give grounds for
Not quite: that's what warrant means.
permeate or penetrate gradually
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give to a charity or good cause
Not quite: that's what donate means.
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