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leach

DEFINITIONS OF: leach

1

v cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate

Type of:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

v remove substances from by a percolating liquid

“leach the soil”
Synonyms:
strip
Type of:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

v permeate or penetrate gradually

“the fertilizer leached into the ground”
Synonyms:
percolate
Type of:
dribble, filter, trickle
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

n the process of leaching

Synonyms:
leaching
Type of:
action, activity, natural action, natural process
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
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