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Synonyms:
drain, filter, percolate, seep, leachate
To dissolve or wash out soluble components of soil by heavy watering.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
leach ()leach (verb)transitive verb
1.
to dissolve out by the action of a percolating liquid - leach out alkali from ashes
2.
to subject to the action of percolating liquid (as water) in order to separate the soluble components
3.
a) to remove (nutritive or harmful elements) from soil by percolation
intransitive verb
b) to draw out or remove as if by percolation - all meaning has been leached from my life to pass out or through by percolation
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Leach (Wiktionary)
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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