Meaning of "leach" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LEACH

Variant of obsolete letch to wet, perhaps from Old English leccan to water; related to leak.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LEACH

leach  [liːtʃ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEACH

Leach is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb leach in English.

WHAT DOES LEACH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Leach

Leach may refer to: Placenames ▪ Leach, Oklahoma in the United States Surnames ▪ Al Leach ▪ Archie Leach, real name of actor Cary Grant ▪ Ben Leach, player in Liverpool-based pop group The Farm ▪ Bernard Leach (1887–1979), British potter ▪ Bobby Leach ▪ Britt Leach ▪ Dewitt C. Leach (1822–1909), U.S. Representative from Michigan ▪ David Leach ▪ Edmund Leach (1910–1989), British anthropologist ▪ Edward Pemberton Leach ▪ Francis Leach ▪ Garry Leach ▪ George Leach ▪ George E. Leach ▪ Henry Leach ▪ Howard H. Leach ▪ Jim Leach (born 1942), American politician from Iowa ▪ James Madison Leach (1815–1891), American politician from North Carolina ▪ James Leach (soldier) (1892–1957), British soldier and Victoria Cross holder ▪ Jason Leach ▪ Jesse Leach ▪ John Albert Leach (1870–1929), Australian author, educationalist and ornithologist ▪ John Leach (judge) (1760–1834), English judge and Privy Councillor ▪ John Leach...

Definition of leach in the English dictionary

The first definition of leach in the dictionary is to remove or be removed from a substance by a percolating liquid. Other definition of leach is to lose or cause to lose soluble substances by the action of a percolating liquid. Leach is also the act or process of leaching.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LEACH

PRESENT

Present

I leach

you leach

he/she/it leaches

we leach

you leach

they leach

Present continuous

I am leaching

you are leaching

he/she/it is leaching

we are leaching

you are leaching

they are leaching

Present perfect

I have leached

you have leached

he/she/it has leached

we have leached

you have leached

they have leached

Present perfect continuous

I have been leaching

you have been leaching

he/she/it has been leaching

we have been leaching

you have been leaching

they have been leaching

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I leached

you leached

he/she/it leached

we leached

you leached

they leached

Past continuous

I was leaching

you were leaching

he/she/it was leaching

we were leaching

you were leaching

they were leaching

Past perfect

I had leached

you had leached

he/she/it had leached

we had leached

you had leached

they had leached

Past perfect continuous

I had been leaching

you had been leaching

he/she/it had been leaching

we had been leaching

you had been leaching

they had been leaching

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will leach

you will leach

he/she/it will leach

we will leach

you will leach

they will leach

Future continuous

I will be leaching

you will be leaching

he/she/it will be leaching

we will be leaching

you will be leaching

they will be leaching

Future perfect

I will have leached

you will have leached

he/she/it will have leached

we will have leached

you will have leached

they will have leached

Future perfect continuous

I will have been leaching

you will have been leaching

he/she/it will have been leaching

we will have been leaching

you will have been leaching

they will have been leaching

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would leach

you would leach

he/she/it would leach

we would leach

you would leach

they would leach

Conditional continuous

I would be leaching

you would be leaching

he/she/it would be leaching

we would be leaching

you would be leaching

they would be leaching

Conditional perfect

I would have leach

you would have leach

he/she/it would have leach

we would have leach

you would have leach

they would have leach

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been leaching

you would have been leaching

he/she/it would have been leaching

we would have been leaching

you would have been leaching

they would have been leaching

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you leach
we let´s leach
you leach

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to leach

Past participle

leached

Present Participle

leaching

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «LEACH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «leach» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of leach

drain · extract · filter · filtrate · lixiviate · percolate · seep · strain

TRANSLATION OF LEACH

Find out the translation of leach to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of leach from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leach» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 浸出
• Translator English - Spanish: lixiviación
• English: leach
• Translator English - Hindi: नमकीन पानी
• Translator English - Arabic: ليتش
• Translator English - Russian: выщелачивания
• Translator English - Portuguese: lixiviação
• Translator English - Bengali: লিচ
• Translator English - French: filtrer
• Translator English - Malay: Leach
• Translator English - German: Lauge
• Translator English - Japanese: 浸出する
• Translator English - Korean: 침출
• Translator English - Javanese: Leach
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lọc nước
• Translator English - Tamil: லீச்
• Translator English - Marathi: चिडचिड
• Translator English - Turkish: liç
• Translator English - Italian: percolare
• Translator English - Polish: Leach
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вилуговування
• Translator English - Romanian: Leach
• Translator English - Greek: εκλυθεί
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vrylating
• Translator English - Swedish: leach
• Translator English - Norwegian: leach

4 QUOTES WITH «LEACH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word leach.

1

Britt Ekland

I used to smoke cigarettes, ten a day, but gave up when I was 28. Now my vice is several cups of coffee a day, which isn't great if you're prone to weak bones as I am, as caffeine can leach calcium.

2

Kenneth Fisher

Environmentalists should like fracking for its relative cleanliness. But they don't. They have made a bugaboo out of the chemicals in fracking fluids, which supposedly can leach into groundwater sources. I'm convinced they're dead wrong. Ultimately, good technology with a cost advantage will win out over paranoia.

3

Alex Shoumatoff

The usual way of growing cotton is highly petrochemical-intensive, requiring 110 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer per acre. Some of the fertilizer is broken down by soil bacteria into nitrate, a toxic and highly soluble chemical that can leach into groundwater or get washed into lakes, creating oxygenless dead zones.

4

Alex Tabarrok

Patents are like fertilizer. Applied wisely and sparingly, they can increase growth. But if you apply too many chemicals, or make patents too strong, then you can leach the land, making growth more difficult.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEACH»

Discover the use of leach in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leach and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Things That Are: Encounters with Plants, Stars and Animals

From the tiniest Earth dwellers to far-flung celestial bodies - considering everything from the similarity of gods to donkeys, to exploding stars and exploding sea cucumbers - Amy Leach rekindles our communion with the world.

Amy Leach, 2013

Claude Levi-Strauss

A critical evaluation of the French anthropologist's social theories and methods

Edmund Leach, 1989

An Introduction to Chemoinformatics

This book aims to provide an introduction to the major techniques of chemoinformatics. It is the first text written specifically for this field.

Andrew R. Leach, V.J. Gillet, 2007

Edmund Leach: An Anthropological Life

Intellectual biography of Edmund Leach, a leading social anthropologist of his generation, with illustrations.

Stanley J. Tambiah, 2002

The Anaesthetics of Architecture

Leach examines the consequences of the growing preoccupation with images and image-making in contemporary architectural culture, arguing that focusing on images dulls the senses. 30 illustrations.

Neil Leach, 1999

Molecular Modelling: Principles and Applications

This important new edition is for postgraduate students of Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry studying Molecular Modelling and Computational Chemistry.

Andrew R. Leach, 2001

A Course in Public Economics

This 2004 textbook explores how markets operate and governments' roles in addressing market failures.

John Leach, 2004

Entrepreneurial Finance

This edition clearly focuses on sound financial management practices, showing students how and where to obtain the financial capital necessary to run and grow a venture.

J. Leach, Ronald Melicher, 2011

Practising Gender Analysis in Education

This companion applies the Harvard framework, women's empowerment approach, gender analysis matrix and social relations approach to analysis of a variety of educational contexts, including national education policies and projects, schools, ...

Fiona E. Leach, 2003

The Essential Edmund Leach: Anthropology and society

Brings together a representative selection of the writings of Edmund Leach.

Edmund Ronald Leach, Stephen Hugh-Jones, James Laidlaw, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEACH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leach is used in the context of the following news items.

Ann Leach: Judgments just hold us back

One day, her mom and my mom were visiting, and I was listening to their conversation. (Don't judge, I was 11 and thought I might hear ... «Joplin Globe, Jul 15»

Larceny - John Dale Leach

John Dale Leach, 25, of Hubert Boulevard in Hubert, was charged July 17 by Onslow County Sheriff's Office with breaking and entering, felony ... «Jacksonville Daily News, Jul 15»

Leach drags Worcs into quarter-finals - ESPN Cricinfo

Worcestershire sealed a place in the quarter-finals of the NatWest T20 Blast when they overcame a sluggish pitch and a determined Derbyshire ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»

Bannerman Reports Positive Phase 1 Results from Etango Heap …

Bannerman Resources Limited is pleased to report on the positive results from Phase 1 of the Etango Heap Leach Demonstration Plant ... «Azomining, Jul 15»

Somerset ready to give Jack Leach his chance in T20 match

Jack Leach could make his competitive T20 debut for Somerset at Surrey this evening, after being drafted into the squad at the expense of ... «Western Daily Press, Jul 15»

CRICKET: Jack Leach primed for T20 debut as Somerset omit Abdur …

JACK Leach could make his competitive T20 debut for Somerset at Surrey tomorrow evening, after being drafted into the squad at the expense ... «Bristol Post, Jul 15»

​Glaze Alchemy at the Leach Gallery, St Ives

From Saturday, July 18 and throughout August, the Leach Pottery, St Ives, presents Glaze Alchemy, a colourful exhibition of work by six potters ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»

East Leach Campground assessment approved

After making modifications requested by the Spencer Park Board at its last meeting, Brad Beck, of Beck Engineering, presented a revised ... «Spencer Daily Reporter, Jul 15»

Washington State Cougars Preview: Mike Leach Must Stop the Slide

Mike Leach and Washington State was seemingly a match made in heaven. Hungry for success after nearly a decade without a bowl appearance when it hired ... «Today's U, Jul 15»

Bannerman Resources' Etango heap leach plant aces uranium testing

Bannerman Resources' (ASX:BMN; TSX:BAN) highly awaited results from its large scale heap leach demonstration plant at its Etango Uranium ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jul 15»