Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for "leach"
Search instead for leachab.
Definitions

leach

[leech] / litʃ /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Jefferies cuts Nickel Industries to hold from buy, and lowers its price target by 17% to A$1.00/share, citing increasing geopolitical headwinds and higher sulfur prices reducing profit margins of its high-pressure acid leach operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

They are encased and unlikely to leach into the soil.

From Salon Apr. 27, 2026

However they said that their modelling study still does not take into account an array of other ways plastic could harm health, such as microplastics or chemicals that can leach out of food packaging.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

They found the most heavily contaminated nurdles were those burnt in the fire, which leach metals toxic to aquatic life, like arsenic, lead, cadmium, copper, cobalt and nickel.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2025

The nets were designed to leach condensation out of the cool night air, and were an important supplementary source of water in the Elmuthaleth.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

These values indicate that only a small portion of the total contaminants actually leaches out under conditions mimicking oral contact.

From Science Daily Nov. 28, 2025

High in phosphorus, it can become a problem when excess nutrients from animal manure leaches into rivers and groundwater.

From BBC Nov. 9, 2025

Sometimes, the chemical “sauce” leaches out of plastic, a process that, research has shown, can be toxic.

From Slate May 28, 2025

Namely, local bull trout populations are struggling because the pond leaches groundwater away from Gold Creek itself.

From Seattle Times May 21, 2024

If that fog leaches out of the jungle, or the monkeys return.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

The material is then leached into a wine‑red liquid, filtered, evaporated and finally transformed into a fine white powder -- lithium.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

A carbon water filter can also reduce potential exposure to chemicals and pesticides that may have leached into your water.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

The authors of the Communications Earth and Environment paper cite, for example, research showing hydrochloric acid emitted from solid rocket launches killing fish after it leached into nearby water.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2025

The harmful pollutant has leached into water in many parts of the valley from sources including fertilizers, dairies and septic tanks.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2024

The black leached right out, just like Aunt Carrie said it would.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

The chemical is essential in the leaching process of copper, which involves extracting the metal from copper ore.

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

Despite recycling efforts, most plastic ends up in landfills where it can take centuries to decompose, leaching out chemicals during that time, Deeney said.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

Audience trust is leaching away fast and Brits are increasingly refusing to pay up.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

This unusual imbalance suggested that liquid water had once seeped through the rocks, effectively leaching lutetium out of them.

From Science Daily Oct. 16, 2025

The darkness flashed again, momentarily leaching the color from the horizon.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




Vocabulary lists containing leach


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training