Leech vs. Leach

Leechnoun

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

Leechnoun

(figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.

Leechnoun

A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

Leechnoun

(archaic) A physician.

Leechnoun

A healer.

Leechnoun

(nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail.

Leechnoun

(nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail.

Leechverb

(transitive) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.

Leechverb

(transitive) To drain (resources) without giving back.

Leechverb

To treat, cure or heal.

Leechnoun

See 2d Leach.

Leechnoun

The border or edge at the side of a sail.

Leechnoun

A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.

Leechnoun

Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species.

Leechnoun

A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.

Leechverb

See Leach, v. t.

Leechverb

To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.

Leechverb

To bleed by the use of leeches.

Leechnoun

carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

Leechnoun

a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

Leechverb

draw blood;

Leech

Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worms that comprise the subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely related to the oligochaetes, which include the earthworm, and like them have soft, muscular, segmented bodies that can lengthen and contract.

Leachnoun

A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

Leachnoun

A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

Leachnoun

(nautical) lang=en.

Leachnoun

A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.

Leachverb

(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.

Leachverb

(intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

Leachnoun

See 3d Leech.

Leachnoun

A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

Leachnoun

A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

Leachnoun

See Leech, a physician.

Leachverb

To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.

Leachverb

To dissolve out; - often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.

Leachverb

To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

Leachnoun

the process of leaching

Leachverb

cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate

Leachverb

permeate or penetrate gradually;

Leachverb

remove substances from by a percolating liquid;