leach
leach
liʧ
lich
/lˈiːt‍ʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "leach"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ›āĻžāρāĻ•āύ āϤāϰāϞ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš

the process by which liquid passes through a material, dissolving and carrying away soluble components
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Intensive irrigation accelerated the leach of nitrates into the aquifer.
āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āϏ⧇āϚ āϜāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϚ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϧ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to extract or wash out soluble substances from a material by passing a liquid through it
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Manufacturers leach metals from ore using chemical solutions.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ•āϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻ•āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϧāĻžāϤ⧁ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ›āĻžāρāĻ•āĻž

to gradually penetrate, often carrying dissolved substances
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tannins from the oak barrel leached into the aging wine.
āĻ“āĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧇āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϧāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϧ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ›āĻžāρāĻ•āĻž

to cause a liquid to percolate through a substance, dissolving or carrying components
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Gardeners leach compost heaps with water to collect nutrient-rich runoff.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻĒ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ-āϏāĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āϧ āϰāĻžāύāĻ…āĻĢ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϜāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ āϧ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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