leech
Meaning of leech
noun
- an aquatic or terrestrial annelid worm with suckers at both ends. Many species are bloodsucking parasites, especially of vertebrates, and others are predators.
- a person who extorts profit from or sponges on others.
they are leeches feeding off the hard-working majority
- habitually exploit or rely on.
he's leeching off the abilities of others
Old English lǣce, lȳce ; related to Middle Dutch lake, lieke .
noun
a doctor or healer.
Old English lǣce, of Germanic origin.
noun
the after or leeward edge of a fore-and-aft sail, the leeward edge of a spinnaker, or a vertical edge of a square sail.
late 15th century: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish lik, Danish lig, denoting a rope sewn round the edge of a sail to stop the canvas tearing.
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Hyphenation of leech
leech
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- leech is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
leech synonyms
Meaning bloodsucker:
Meaning parasite:
Meaning bleed:
Meaning a marine crustacean with an external shell, which attaches itself permanently to a surface and feeds by filtering particles from the water using its modified feathery legs:
Meaning a traveller on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot, or crew:
Meaning a person who habitually does little or no work:
Meaning a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage:
Meaning a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important:
Meaning a person who gives a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection:
Meaning a person who borrows from or lives off others:
Meaning a person who takes advantage of others' generosity without giving anything in return:
Meaning a person who regularly goes on trips or attends functions at another's expense, typically for supposed work purposes:
Meaning an instance of loitering in a bored or listless manner:
Meaning a person who lives off others without giving anything in return:
Translation of leech
- French: sangsue
- Italian: sanguisuga
- Spanish: sanguijuela
- Portuguese: sanguessuga
Anagrams of leech
Words that rhyme with leech
eech, beech, wheech, keech, skeech, cleech, cowleech, fleech, foreleech, horseleech, sleech, meech, smeech, penneech, afterspeech, bespeech, forespeech, interspeech, misspeech, morrowspeech, nonspeech, outspeech, overspeech, speech, Breech, bebreech, breech, reech, screech, unbreech, beseech, seech, yeech
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