Leach
SEE: Leechverb — past tense: leached ; past participle: leached ; present participle: leaching ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ (from something) (into something) ~ outaway (to make (liquid) percolate through soil or ore etc., to extract (a soluble substance) from some material, to remove salts from soil by percolation) ត្រង, ច្រោះ, យឺតៗ, ឃ្លាំងពិនិត្យ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- 2.
- A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
verb — past tense: leached ; past participle: leached ; present participle: leaching ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.