Leach
verb
To let water pass through to remove soluble material.
The rainwater may leach out minerals from the soil making it less fertile.
Often appears as...
- leach out
- leach into
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A substance which is being separated from a material by leaching.
The leach from the soil was collected for analysis.
Often appears as...
- soil leach
- leach field
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Technical
verb
To gradually decrease something.
His energy seemed to leach away as the disease progressed.
Often appears as...
- leach away energy
- leach away nutrients
noun
A system used for drainage.
The leach field is designed to distribute wastewater evenly into the ground.
Often appears as...
- leach field
- leach bed
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To let water pass through to remove soluble material.
The rainwater may leach out minerals from the soil making it less fertile.
Often appears as...
- leach out
- leach into
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A substance which is being separated from a material by leaching.
The leach from the soil was collected for analysis.
Often appears as...
- soil leach
- leach field
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To gradually decrease something.
His energy seemed to leach away as the disease progressed.
Often appears as...
- leach away energy
- leach away nutrients
noun
A system used for drainage.
The leach field is designed to distribute wastewater evenly into the ground.
Often appears as...
- leach field
- leach bed
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Context
Use 'leach' when discussing environmental issues where substances move with water.
Pesticides can leach into groundwater, contaminating it.
Pro Tip 2/3Passive Process
'Leach' often implies a process that happens without human action.
Nutrients leach away over time in overworked agricultural fields.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
'Leach' usually suggests a loss of something desirable or necessary.
Farmers worry that heavy rains will leach nutrients from their soil.
Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Context
Use 'leach' when discussing environmental issues where substances move with water.
Pesticides can leach into groundwater, contaminating it.
Pro Tip 2/3Passive Process
'Leach' often implies a process that happens without human action.
Nutrients leach away over time in overworked agricultural fields.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
'Leach' usually suggests a loss of something desirable or necessary.
Farmers worry that heavy rains will leach nutrients from their soil.
Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Context
Use 'leach' when discussing environmental issues where substances move with water.
Pesticides can leach into groundwater, contaminating it.
Pro Tip 2/3Passive Process
'Leach' often implies a process that happens without human action.
Nutrients leach away over time in overworked agricultural fields.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
'Leach' usually suggests a loss of something desirable or necessary.
Farmers worry that heavy rains will leach nutrients from their soil.
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Dianna Cohen: Tough...
it's the gyre of plastic in the supermarket. I'd go to the supermarket and all of my food is packaged in plastic. All of my beverages are packaged in plastic, even at the health food market. I'm also concerned about the plastic in the refrigerator, and I'm concerned about the plastic and the toxins that leach from plastic
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Ultra-Pure Water PIPE...
water electrolytes are minerals from your blood relying on ultra pure water as drinking water is gonna leach your body of all its precious minerals and that's gonna make you really sick and then you're gonna die I don't know if they want you to drink the water right from the unit so one thing about filming
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Why do your jeans wear...
where their decomposition releases methane gas, while their dyes and plastics leach into the soil and groundwater. Some companies are working on solutions here, from using organic cotton to recycling and reusing denim. You can also help reduce the environmental impact of your favorite pants
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MARS PIPE Exclusive Sneak...
of a normal years worth of radiation exposure on earth calcium will leach from your bones which will lose nearly ten percent of their mass before you even get to Mars there is no test that can tell you whether or not the notion of being sixty million kilometers away from the planet on which
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Leeches Cure PIPE National...
remove toxic blood from the body we just apply the leach to the local part of body which is affected to take out the blood impurities the method is quite natural and zero percent of harm is there but not necessarily for the leech blood impurities are said to be as dangerous
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The Global Spermageddon...
When heated, the phthalates leach out of the plastic into the food. We're ingesting them, we're absorbing them, and we're breathing them. TIM For reasons not entirely known, once inside the body, phthalates seem to inhibit
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What causes heartburn? -...
Other acidic foods, like citrus and tomatoes, can worsen irritation of the esophagus when they leach out with stomach acid. Carbonated beverages can similarly bubble up in the stomach, forcing open the valve.
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Why Four Cowboys Rode...
um chill because we had a bunch a flock horse trained to adopt these horses with the help of two professional trainers Jerry Jones and Lanny leach who are professionals and they knew exactly what
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Viper the Courageous PIPE...
joint seizure at one of his book signings and goes for a stroll through Central Park so the reason what you've seen so much leach is because I want him
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A Spoon You Can Eat Is a...
chemical complexes in it phthalates chill aids bisphenol this cause cancer these leach into food they don't biodegrade but still we using whole lot
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Dianna Cohen: Tough...
it's the gyre of plastic in the supermarket. I'd go to the supermarket and all of my food is packaged in plastic. All of my beverages are packaged in plastic, even at the health food market. I'm also concerned about the plastic in the refrigerator, and I'm concerned about the plastic and the toxins that leach from plastic
Video examples
Ultra-Pure Water PIPE...
water electrolytes are minerals from your blood relying on ultra pure water as drinking water is gonna leach your body of all its precious minerals and that's gonna make you really sick and then you're gonna die I don't know if they want you to drink the water right from the unit so one thing about filming
Video examples
Why do your jeans wear...
where their decomposition releases methane gas, while their dyes and plastics leach into the soil and groundwater. Some companies are working on solutions here, from using organic cotton to recycling and reusing denim. You can also help reduce the environmental impact of your favorite pants
Video examples
MARS PIPE Exclusive Sneak...
of a normal years worth of radiation exposure on earth calcium will leach from your bones which will lose nearly ten percent of their mass before you even get to Mars there is no test that can tell you whether or not the notion of being sixty million kilometers away from the planet on which
Video examples
Leeches Cure PIPE National...
remove toxic blood from the body we just apply the leach to the local part of body which is affected to take out the blood impurities the method is quite natural and zero percent of harm is there but not necessarily for the leech blood impurities are said to be as dangerous
Video examples
The Global Spermageddon...
When heated, the phthalates leach out of the plastic into the food. We're ingesting them, we're absorbing them, and we're breathing them. TIM For reasons not entirely known, once inside the body, phthalates seem to inhibit
Video examples
What causes heartburn? -...
Other acidic foods, like citrus and tomatoes, can worsen irritation of the esophagus when they leach out with stomach acid. Carbonated beverages can similarly bubble up in the stomach, forcing open the valve.
Video examples
Why Four Cowboys Rode...
um chill because we had a bunch a flock horse trained to adopt these horses with the help of two professional trainers Jerry Jones and Lanny leach who are professionals and they knew exactly what
Video examples
Viper the Courageous PIPE...
joint seizure at one of his book signings and goes for a stroll through Central Park so the reason what you've seen so much leach is because I want him
Video examples
A Spoon You Can Eat Is a...
chemical complexes in it phthalates chill aids bisphenol this cause cancer these leach into food they don't biodegrade but still we using whole lot
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Quote examples
Joel Salatin
American Author
God doesn't just miraculously and physically intervene in the whole process, so if I just go and drop a bunch of chemicals and herbicides that leach into the groundwater, I can pray all day to keep my child healthy, but if the herbicides gone into the groundwater come up my well, my child's going to drink that water.
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Alex Shoumatoff
American Writer
The usual way of growing cotton is highly petrochemical-intensive, requiring 110 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer per acre. Some of the fertilizer is broken down by soil bacteria into nitrate, a toxic and highly soluble chemical that can leach into groundwater or get washed into lakes, creating oxygenless dead zones.
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Kenneth Fisher
American Businessman
Environmentalists should like fracking for its relative cleanliness. But they don't. They have made a bugaboo out of the chemicals in fracking fluids, which supposedly can leach into groundwater sources. I'm convinced they're dead wrong. Ultimately, good technology with a cost advantage will win out over paranoia.
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Chuck Norris
American Actor
When we drink a cup of coffee or spoon heated chicken noodle soup or chili out of a Styrofoam cup, we are also taking in small doses of chemicals that leach from the container. Heat activates this transfer, as does oil, acids and alcohol.
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Alex Tabarrok
Canadian Economist
Patents are like fertilizer. Applied wisely and sparingly, they can increase growth. But if you apply too many chemicals, or make patents too strong, then you can leach the land, making growth more difficult.
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Britt Ekland
Swedish Actress
I used to smoke cigarettes, ten a day, but gave up when I was 28. Now my vice is several cups of coffee a day, which isn't great if you're prone to weak bones as I am, as caffeine can leach calcium.
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Wendi McLendon-Covey
American Actress
I found my Saatva mattress when I was searching for a biodegradable and organic mattress that wouldn't leach chemicals because, believe it or not, I don't like that!
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Joel Salatin
American Author
God doesn't just miraculously and physically intervene in the whole process, so if I just go and drop a bunch of chemicals and herbicides that leach into the groundwater, I can pray all day to keep my child healthy, but if the herbicides gone into the groundwater come up my well, my child's going to drink that water.
Quote examples
Alex Shoumatoff
American Writer
The usual way of growing cotton is highly petrochemical-intensive, requiring 110 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer per acre. Some of the fertilizer is broken down by soil bacteria into nitrate, a toxic and highly soluble chemical that can leach into groundwater or get washed into lakes, creating oxygenless dead zones.
Quote examples
Kenneth Fisher
American Businessman
Environmentalists should like fracking for its relative cleanliness. But they don't. They have made a bugaboo out of the chemicals in fracking fluids, which supposedly can leach into groundwater sources. I'm convinced they're dead wrong. Ultimately, good technology with a cost advantage will win out over paranoia.
Quote examples
Chuck Norris
American Actor
When we drink a cup of coffee or spoon heated chicken noodle soup or chili out of a Styrofoam cup, we are also taking in small doses of chemicals that leach from the container. Heat activates this transfer, as does oil, acids and alcohol.
Quote examples
Alex Tabarrok
Canadian Economist
Patents are like fertilizer. Applied wisely and sparingly, they can increase growth. But if you apply too many chemicals, or make patents too strong, then you can leach the land, making growth more difficult.
Quote examples
Britt Ekland
Swedish Actress
I used to smoke cigarettes, ten a day, but gave up when I was 28. Now my vice is several cups of coffee a day, which isn't great if you're prone to weak bones as I am, as caffeine can leach calcium.
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Wendi McLendon-Covey
American Actress
I found my Saatva mattress when I was searching for a biodegradable and organic mattress that wouldn't leach chemicals because, believe it or not, I don't like that!
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