Leach
/liΛtΚ/
The meaning and definition of Leach, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
- An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
noun
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A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
β1670 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"β
- A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
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Synonyms
bloodsucker parasite sponger vampire healer barber
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