Leaches vs Leached - What's the difference?
leaches | leached |
(leach)
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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:
(nautical)
To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
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To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
As verbs the difference between leaches and leached
is that leaches is (leach) while leached is (leach).As a noun leaches
is .leached
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*leach
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Noun
(leaches)- "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.
Verb
- Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.