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Meaning of leech

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

leech

Pronunciation:/liːtʃ//liːtʃ/

noun

Definitions

  1. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

  2. A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.

  3. A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

verb

Definitions

  1. To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.

  2. To drain (resources) without giving back.

    Example: Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leech

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