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leaching
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drain, empty |
| Synonyms: | extract, filter, filtrate, lixiviate, percolate, seep, strain, wash away |
| Notes: | leach means to remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; a leech is a carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic worms typically having a sucker at each end - or a follower who hangs around a host in hope of gain |
| Main Entry: | percolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seep, drip (liquid) |
| Synonyms: | bleed, bubble, charge, drain, exude, filter, filtrate, impregnate, leach, ooze, pass through, penetrate, perk, permeate, pervade, saturate, strain, sweat, transfuse, transude, weep |
| Main Entry: | transude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ooze |
| Synonyms: | bleed, discharge, drain, dribble, drip, drop*, escape, exude, filter, flow, issue, leach, leak, overflow, percolate, perspire, seep, spurt, strain, sweat, swelter, transpire, trickle, weep, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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