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Meaning
Noun
●
In Annelids:
An
aquatic
blood-sucking
annelid
of
class
Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
●
In Parasites & People:
A person who
derives
profit
from others in a
parasitic
fashion.
●
In Medicine:
A
glass
tube
designed
for
drawing
blood from
damaged
tissue
by means of
a vacuum.
●
A physician.
●
In Germanic paganism:
A healer.
●
In Nautical:
The
vertical
edge
of a
square
sail.
●
In Nautical:
The
aft
edge
of a
triangular
sail.
Verb
●
To
apply
a
leech
medicinally
, so that it
sucks
blood from the patient.
●
To
drain
(resources) without
giving
back.
●
To
treat
,
cure
or heal.
Name
●
A
surname
originating
as an
occupation
,
derived
from the
profession
leech
, a
former
word
for a physician.
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Origin
leech
English
leche
Middle English (1100-1500)
læce
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
lek
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
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Synonyms words may be derogatory, or vulgar
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Related words may be derogatory, or vulgar
Rhymes
Each
Leach
Teach
Peach
Leech
Reach
Reech
Beach
Beech
Areach
Breech
Bleach
Pleach
Preach
Breach
Speech
Impeach
Screech
Atreach
Sneetch
Beteach
Beseech
Outreach
Overreach
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