To dissolve or wash out soluble components of soil by heavy watering.
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: lēch, IPA(key): /liːt͡ʃ/
- Homophone: leech
- Rhymes: -iːtʃ
Etymology 1
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
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