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leech
1[ leech ]
noun
- any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- a person who clings to another for personal gain, especially without giving anything in return, and usually with the implication or effect of exhausting the other's resources; parasite.
Synonyms: , ,
- Archaic. an instrument used for drawing blood.
verb (used with object)
- to apply leeches to, so as to bleed.
- to cling to and feed upon or drain, as a leech:
His relatives leeched him until his entire fortune was exhausted.
- Archaic. to cure; heal.
verb (used without object)
- to hang on to a person in the manner of a leech:
She leeched on to him for dear life.
leech
2[ leech ]
noun
- a physician.
leech
3[ leech ]
noun
- either of the lateral edges of a square sail.
- the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
Leech
4[ leech ]
noun
- Margaret, 1893–1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer.
leech
1/ ±ô¾±Ë³Ùʃ /
noun
- any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, which have a sucker at each end of the body and feed on the blood or tissues of other animals See also horseleech medicinal leech
- a person who clings to or preys on another person
- an archaic word for physician
- ( in combination )
leechcraft
- cling like a leechto cling or adhere persistently to something
verb
- tr to use leeches to suck the blood of (a person), as a method of medical treatment
leech
2/ ±ô¾±Ë³Ùʃ /
noun
- nautical the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail or either of the vertical edges of a squaresail
Derived Forms
- ˈ±ô±ð±ð³¦³óËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ô±ð±ð³¦³ól¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of leech1
Origin of leech2
Origin of leech3
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of leech1
Origin of leech2
Example Sentences
In “Parasite,†Bong constructs a multilayered question over who the titular leeches are.
The trick to their method: Instead of leeching with an excess of citric acid like conventional methods, they use a relatively small amount.
Disposability is how Amazon maintains draconian control over its workers’ fragile sense of job security, leeching their desire to push back by unionizing.
Luxury has been the death of us, our interests and our passions leeched to a dreary gray blur of programming.
They’re tipped into a chemical solution which leeches the gold out into the liquid.
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