leach n : the process of leaching [syn: leaching]

1 cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate

2 permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground" [syn: percolate]

3 remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil" [syn: strip]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːtʃ

Homophones

• leech

Noun

1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

Verb

1. 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.

   The mercury in dental amalgams can leach out from the fillings into the body.

Translations

Leach may refer to:

• Leach, Oklahoma in the United States
• Leach Highway
• Leach orchid
• Leach, Cambodia
• a phenotype caused by a mutation in the gene encoding glycophorin C
• LEACH (Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy) is a routing protocol in wireless sensor networks

Leach, as a surname, may refer to:

• Al Leach
• Archie Leach, real name of actor Cary Grant
• Amy E. C. Leach, GLOSCAT student
• Barry W. Leach Jr.
• Ben Leach, player in Liverpool-based pop group The Farm
• Bernard Leach (1887-1979), British potter
• Bobby Leach
• Britt Leach
• Dewitt C. Leach (1822-1909), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• David Leach
• Edmund Leach (1910-1989), British anthropologist
• Edward Pemberton Leach
• Francis Leach
• Garry Leach
• George Leach
• George E. Leach
• Henry Leach
• Howard H. Leach
• James Leach (born 1942), American politician - Iowa
• James Madison Leach (1815-1891), American politician - North Carolina
• James Hess Leach (born 1959), Rhode Island, (grandson of Harry Leach)
• James Leach (soldier), British soldier born July 27, 1892 and Victoria Cross holder
• Jason Leach
• Jesse Leach
• John Albert Leach (1870-1929), Australian author, educationalist and ornithologist
• Sir John Leach (1760-1834), English judge and Privy Councillor
• John Leach (Naval Officer)
• Karoline Leach
• Kimberly Leach
• Martin Leach
  • Martin Leach, former president and COO of Ford Motor Company's European division
  • Martin Leach - Australian convicted murderer and rapist
• Mike Leach (American football)
• Mike Leach (American football coach)
• Neil Leach
• Nicole Leach
• Penelope Leach (1937- ), British child psychologist and parenting author
• Reggie Leach
• Rick Leach
• Robert M. Leach
• Robin Leach
• Rosemary Leach
• Sam Leach, a Liverpool promoter that presented early concerts by The Beatles
• Sheryl Leach, one of the creators of Barney & Friends
• Susan Daigle-Leach
• Terry Leach (1954- ), former Major League Baseball player
• Tommy Leach (1877-1969), Major League Baseball player
• Vonta Leach (1981- ), American football fullback for the Houston Texans
• William Elford Leach (1790-1836), English zoologist

See also

• Leaching
• Leech (disambiguation)

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