Synonyms of the word leach


LEACHACTION - ACTIVITY - DRIBBLE - FILTER - LEACHING - PERCOLATE - REMOVE - STRIP - TAKE - TRICKLE - WITHDRAW

leach

  • n. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
  • n. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
  • n. (nautical) Alternative spelling of leech.
  • v. (transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
  • v. (intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

action

  • n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
  • n. A way of motion or functioning.
  • n. A fast-paced activity.
  • n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
  • n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano,…
  • n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
  • n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
  • n. (military) Combat.
  • n. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
  • n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual…
  • n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem,…
  • n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive…
  • n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
  • n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public…
  • interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
  • v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
  • v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.

activity

  • n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
  • n. Something done as an action or a movement.
  • n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
  • n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

dribble

  • v. To let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool.
  • v. To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle.
  • v. In various ball games, to run with the ball, controlling its path with the feet.
  • v. (basketball) To bounce the ball on the floor with one hand at a time, enabling the player to move with…
  • v. To advance by dribbling.
  • v. (transitive) to let something fall in drips.
  • v. (transitive) in various ball games, to move the ball by repeated light kicks so as not to lose control…
  • v. (dated) To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
  • n. A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
  • n. A small amount of a liquid.
  • n. In sport, the act of dribbling.

filter

  • n. A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other…
  • n. Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that…
  • n. Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
  • n. (figuratively) self-restraint in speech.
  • n. (mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary…
  • v. (transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
  • v. (transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
  • v. (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
  • v. (intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
  • v. (intransitive) To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road.

leaching

  • v. present participle of leach.
  • n. The process by which something is leached.
  • n. Liquid that leaches.

percolate

  • v. (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
  • v. (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.
  • v. (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.
  • n. (rare) A liquid that has been percolated.

remove

  • v. (transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
  • v. (transitive) To murder.
  • v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
  • v. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
  • v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
  • v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
  • v. To dismiss or discharge from office.
  • n. The act of removing something.
  • n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced,…
  • n. (Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
  • n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").
  • n. Distance in time or space; interval.
  • n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
  • n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

strip

  • n. (countable, uncountable) Long, thin piece of land, or of any material.
  • n. A comic strip.
  • n. A landing strip.
  • n. A strip steak.
  • n. A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
  • n. (fencing) The fencing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
  • n. (UK football) the uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
  • n. Striptease.
  • n. (mining) A trough for washing ore.
  • n. The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
  • v. (transitive) To remove or take away.
  • v. (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform a striptease.
  • v. (transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
  • v. (transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear.
  • v. (intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
  • v. (transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
  • v. (transitive, bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also, strip-squeeze…
  • v. (transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure…
  • v. (transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the…
  • v. (television, transitive) To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to…
  • v. (transitive, agriculture) To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.
  • v. To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
  • v. To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
  • v. To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
  • v. To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).

take

  • v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
  • v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To remove.
  • v. (transitive) To have sex with.
  • v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
  • v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
  • v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
  • v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
  • v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
  • v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
  • v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
  • v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
  • v. (transitive) To consume.
  • v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
  • v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
  • v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
  • v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
  • v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
  • v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
  • v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
  • v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
  • v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
  • v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
  • v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
  • v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
  • v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
  • v. (transitive) To require.
  • v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
  • v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
  • v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
  • v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
  • v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
  • v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
  • v. (transitive) To move into.
  • v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
  • v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
  • v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
  • v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
  • v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
  • v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
  • v. (transitive) To deal with.
  • v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
  • v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
  • v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
  • v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
  • v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
  • v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
  • v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
  • n. The or an act of taking.
  • n. Something that is taken; a haul.
  • n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
  • n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
  • n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
  • n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
  • n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
  • n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
  • n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
  • n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

trickle

  • n. A very thin river.
  • n. A very thin flow; the act of trickling.
  • v. (transitive) to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
  • v. (intransitive) to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.
  • v. (intransitive) To move or roll slowly.

withdraw

  • v. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
  • v. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
  • v. (intransitive) To retreat.
  • v. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.

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