Leach

/liːtΚƒ/

The meaning and definition of Leach, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
  2. A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
noun
  1. A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
    β€œ1670 Hannah Woolley The Queen-like Closet, Or, Rich Cabinet https//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen-Like_Closet "To make Leach and to colour it"”
  2. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
Synonyms bloodsucker parasite sponger vampire healer barber

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