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leech noun

  /liːt͡ʃ/
  • (nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail.
  • (nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail.
 lijk

leech noun

  /liːt͡ʃ/
  • An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
 bloedzuiger, echel, laak
  • (figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
 bloedzuiger, parasiet, uitzuiger

leech noun

  /liːt͡ʃ/
  • (Germanic paganism) A healer.
 heler

leech verb

  /liːt͡ʃ/
  • (transitive, literally) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
 aderlaten
  • (transitive, figuratively) To drain (resources) without giving back.
 aderlaten, uitzuigen
leech line
lijkentouw
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