leach

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1. leach - Noun

2. leach - Verb

3. Leach - Proper noun

Meaning

See 3d Leech.

A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.

To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.

To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

See Leech, a physician.

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Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. I have spent the greater part of my life fluctuating between Archie Leach and Cary Grant; unsure of either, suspecting each. I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me. Cary Grant

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. Alex Tabarrok

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. Britt Ekland

leach the soil Source: Internet

the fertilizer leached into the ground Source: Internet

According to Zeglin, if it wasn't for soil microbes, anything extra could leach out of the soil and pollute groundwater, streams, rivers and lakes. Source: Internet

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