Definition of leach
English to English noun - the process of leaching
source: WordNet 3.0 - See 3d Leech.
source: Webster 1913 - A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
source: Webster 1913 - See Leech, a physician.
source: Webster 1913 verb - cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate
source: WordNet 3.0 - permeate or penetrate gradually
The fertilizer leached into the ground.
source: WordNet 3.0 - remove substances from by a percolating liquid
Leach the soil.
source: WordNet 3.0 - To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
source: Webster 1913 - To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
source: Webster 1913
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