LEECH
5 letters
10 Scrabble points
/liːtʃ/
Definition of LEECH
noun
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An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
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A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
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A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
verb
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To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
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To drain (resources) without giving back.
"Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return."
Related words:
drain
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
L
E
E
C
H
Length
5 letters
Scrabble Score
10 points
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