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Leched vs Leached - What's the difference?

leched | leached |

As verbs the difference between leched and leached

is that leched is (lech) while leached is (leach).

leched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (lech)

    • lech

    English

    (wikipedia lech)

    Etymology 1

    Backformation from lecher

    Alternative forms

    * letch

    Noun

    (es)
  • (slang) A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
  • (slang) A lecher.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • (slang) To behave lecherously
    • English clippings

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The capstone of a cromlech.

    • leached

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (leach)
  • * '>citation

    • 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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