leech
IPA: ɫˈitʃ
noun
- An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- (figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
- (medicine, dated) A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
- (archaic) A physician.
- (Germanic paganism) A healer.
- (nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail.
- (nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail.
- A surname originating as an occupation, derived from the profession leech, a former word for a physician.
verb
- (transitive, literally) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
- (transitive, figuratively) To drain (resources) without giving back.
- (archaic, rare) To treat, cure or heal.
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Examples of "leech" in Sentences
- Leeches just snack and go.
- The leech was a pain in the neck.
- The rear edge is called the leech.
- Medicinal leeches are perfectly harmless.
- Leech was a rapid and indefatigable worker.
- I hate the leeches and mosquitoes the most.
- The aft edge of a sail is called the leech.
- It leech no longer present, apply poultice to wound.
- And Dick Cheney, you fuckin leech, tell them your plans
- He saps their intelligence from them like a brain leech.
- Imelza is the mother of the three kittens Jupiter, Dab and Leech.
- In China, people eat dried leeches, believing that leeches are good for blood streams.
- Rustem exerted every muscle to shake off his opponent; but the leech was the stronger, for the
- The temple where, in the fore-court, Paaker was waiting, and where the priest had disappeared to call the leech, was called the "House of Seti"
- Rustem exerted every muscle to shake off his opponent; but the leech was the stronger, for the Masdakite was weakened by fever and loss of blood.
- New research sponsored by the National Science Foundation shows that the well-known medicinal leech is actually comprised up at least 3 different species.
- I knew Michael Kelly, who was the first journalist to die in Iraq, and I can tell you he was NOT a "leech" -- and I can assure he was not doing it for his personal enrichment.
- Havelok, that he might call a leech to heal his wounds, for if the stranger merchant should live Jarl Ubbe would without fail dub him knight; and when the leech had seen the wounds he said the patient would make a good and quick recovery.
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