As verbs the difference between leached and beached
is that
leached is (
leach) while
beached is (
beach).
As an adjective beached is
having a beach or
beached can be run or brought ashore.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
leached English
Verb
(head)
(leach)
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Anagrams
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leach English
Noun
( leaches)
A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
* 1894 , , In the Midst of Alarms , ch. 7:
- "This is the leach ," said Kitty, pointing to a large, yellowish, upright wooden cylinder, which rested on some slanting boards, down the surface of which ran a brownish liquid that dripped into a trough.
(nautical)
Verb
To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
- Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.
* '>citation
To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
Usage notes
Do not confuse this verb with the verb .
Derived terms
* (l)
Anagrams
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beached English
Etymology 1
Adjective
( en adjective)
Having a beach.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare
- The beached verge of the salt flood.
Etymology 2
See (beach) (verb)
Verb
(head)
(beach)
Adjective
( en adjective)
Run or brought ashore
- It is here, next to the beached ship of Odysseus, that the Achaeans of the Iliad hold their assemblies and perform their sacrifices.
Stranded and helpless, especially on a beach
- a beached whale
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