leach
The word “leach” has 1 syllable: leach
It's pronounced as /liːtʃ/
What is synonym and antonym for leach?
In the thesaurus, “leach” has 38 synonyms and 5 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for leach along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for leach
- boil down
- clarify
- clean
- cleanse
- compact
- concentrate
- condense
- decoct
- deepen
- distil
- distill
- enhance
- enrich
- evaporate
- extract
- filter
- filtrate
- flush
- fortify
- harden
- heighten
- intensify
- lixiviate
- percolate
- purge
- purify
- reconcentrate
- recondense
- reduce
- refine
- remove
- richen
- screen
- seep
- solidify
- strain
- strengthen
- wash away
Antonyms for leach
- adulterate
- cut
- dilute
- thin
- weaken
Meanings of leach
- noun
- A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
- A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
- noun
- An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
- A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
- A physician.
- (Heathenry) A healer.
- The vertical edge of a square sail.
- The aft edge of a triangular sail.
- verb
- To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
- To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
Example Sentences
- The chemicals began to leach into the groundwater after the spill.
- The poison from the plant can leach into the soil, harming nearby plants.
- Over time, minerals from the rocks leach into the water, affecting its quality.
- They used filters to prevent harmful substances from leaching into the river.
- The old pipes may leach lead into the drinking water, posing a health risk.
On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to leach, such as: adulterate, boil down, clarify, clean, cleanse, compact, concentrate.
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