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Leech Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Leech? [n] carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end [n] a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage [v] draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Leech: bleed \| bloodsucker \| hirudinean \| parasite \| phlebotomise \| phlebotomize \| sponge \| sponger Related Terms \| Find terms related to Leech: adherent \| adhesive \| allopath \| allopathist \| attending physician \| barnacle \| beat \| bedbug \| blackmailer \| bleed \| bloodsucker \| boltrope \| bramble \| brier \| bulldog \| burr \| canvas \| cement \| Chilopoda \| Chordata \| clew \| cloth \| coroner \| country doctor \| cringle \| croaker \| crowd of sail \| cup \| deadbeat \| decal \| decalcomania \| doc \| doctor \| Doctor of Medicine \| earing \| Echiuroidea \| Ectoprocta \| Entoprocta \| extortionist \| family doctor \| foot \| fore-and-aft sail \| freeloader \| general practitioner \| give a transfusion \| glue \| GP \| gunk \| harpy \| head \| house physician \| intern \| let blood \| limpet \| luff \| MD \| medical attendant \| medical examiner \| medical man \| medical practitioner \| medico \| molasses \| Monoplacophora \| mosquito \| mucilage \| muslin \| Nemertinea \| parasite \| paste \| perfuse \| phlebotomize \| Phoronidea \| physician \| physician in ordinary \| plain sail \| plaster \| predator \| press of sail \| prickle \| profiteer \| racketeer \| rag \| raptor \| reduced sail \| reef point \| reefed sail \| remora \| resident \| resident physician \| sail \| sawbones \| shakedown artist \| shark \| smell-feast \| sponge \| sponger \| square sail \| sticker \| syrup \| thorn \| tick \| transfuse \| vampire \| vulture \| wood tick See Also \| annelid \| annelid worm \| care for \| class Hirudinea \| follower \| Hirudinea \| Hirudo medicinalis \| horseleech \| medicinal leech \| segmented worm \| treat Leech In Webster's Dictionary \Leech\ (l[=e]ch), n. See 2d {Leach}. \Leech\, v. t. See {Leach}, v. t. \Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[=i]k, Sw. lik boltrope, st[*a]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.) The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also {leach}.] {Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by. --Totten. {Leech rope}, that part of the boltrope to which the side of a sail is sewed. \Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[ae]che, physician, AS. l[=ae]ce; akin to Fries. l[=e]tza, OHG. l[=a]hh[=i], Icel. l[ae]knari, Sw. l["a]kare, Dan. l[ae]ge, Goth. l[=e]keis, AS. l[=a]cnian to heal, Sw. l["a]ka, Dan. l[ae]ge, Icel. l[ae]kna, Goth. l[=e]kin[=o]n.] 1. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing. [Written also {leach}.] [Archaic] --Spenser. Leech, heal thyself. --Wyclif (Luke iv. 23). 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order {Hirudinea}, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species \Leech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leeched} (l[=e]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leeching}.] 1. To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds. [Archaic] 2. To bleed by the use of leeches.

Leech Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Leech?

[n] carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
[n] a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
[v] draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"

Leech In Webster's Dictionary

\Leech\ (l[=e]ch), n.
See 2d {Leach}.


\Leech\, v. t.
See {Leach}, v. t.


\Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[=i]k, Sw. lik boltrope,
st[*a]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.)
The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also
{leach}.]

{Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails,
   passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the
   leeches by. --Totten.

{Leech rope}, that part of the boltrope to which the side of
   a sail is sewed.


\Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[ae]che, physician, AS. l[=ae]ce;
akin to Fries. l[=e]tza, OHG. l[=a]hh[=i], Icel. l[ae]knari,
Sw. l["a]kare, Dan. l[ae]ge, Goth. l[=e]keis, AS. l[=a]cnian
to heal, Sw. l["a]ka, Dan. l[ae]ge, Icel. l[ae]kna, Goth.
l[=e]kin[=o]n.]
1. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
   [Written also {leach}.] [Archaic] --Spenser.

         Leech, heal thyself.                  --Wyclif (Luke
                                               iv. 23).

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous genera and species of
   annulose worms, belonging to the order {Hirudinea}, or
   Bdelloidea, esp. those species


\Leech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leeched} (l[=e]cht); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Leeching}.]
1. To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
   [Archaic]

2. To bleed by the use of leeches.

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