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leach

(lēch)

v. leached, leach·ing, leach·es

v.tr.

1. To remove soluble or other constituents from by the action of a percolating liquid: heavy rains that leached the soil of minerals.

2. To remove from a substance by the action of a percolating liquid: acids in groundwater that leach calcium out of the bedrock.

3. To empty; drain: "a world leached of pleasure, voided of meaning" (Marilynne Robinson).

v.intr.

To be dissolved or passed out by a percolating liquid.

1. The act or process of leaching.

2. A porous, perforated, or sievelike vessel that holds material to be leached.

3. The substance through which a liquid is leached.

[From Middle English leche, leachate, from Old English *lece, muddy stream; akin to leccan, to moisten.]

leach′a·bil′i·ty n.

leach′a·ble adj.

leach′er n.

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leachable

(ˈliːtʃəbəl)

adj

capable of being removed from a substance by a percolating liquid

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