LEACH

Pronunciation (US):

• LEACH (noun)
  The noun LEACH has 1 sense:

1. the process of leaching

  Familiarity information: LEACH used as a noun is very rare.

• LEACH (verb)
  The verb LEACH has 3 senses:

1. cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate
2. permeate or penetrate gradually
3. remove substances from by a percolating liquid

  Familiarity information: LEACH used as a verb is uncommon.

• LEACH (noun)

Meaning:

The process of leaching

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

leach; leaching

Hypernyms ("leach" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

• LEACH (verb)

Meaning:

Cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "leach" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Cause:

leach; percolate (permeate or penetrate gradually)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Meaning:

Permeate or penetrate gradually

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

percolate; leach

Context example:

the fertilizer leached into the ground

Hypernyms (to "leach" is one way to...):

dribble; filter; trickle (run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Meaning:

Remove substances from by a percolating liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

leach; strip

Context example:

leach the soil

Hypernyms (to "leach" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something