Antonyms for leeched
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : leech |
| Phonetic Transcription : litʃ |
Definition of leeched
Origin :- "bloodsucking aquatic worm," from Old English læce (Kentish lyce), of unknown origin (with a cognate in Middle Dutch lake). Commonly regarded as a transferred use of leech (n.2), but the Old English forms suggest a distinct word, which has been assimilated to leech (n.2) by folk etymology [see OED]. Figuratively applied to human parasites since 1784.
- As in bleed : verb cause blood to flow
- As in bleed : verb extort
- As in freeload : verb take advantage
- Leeched ashes are a valuable manure, but not equal to unleached.
- Extract from : « Soil Culture » by J. H. Walden
- About the beginning of the rainy season a heavy coating of manure is placed over the beds and left to be leeched in by the rains.
- Extract from : « Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: » by F. M. Hexamer
- Not only were horses routinely bled, they were also cupped and leeched.
- Extract from : « Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology » by Audrey Davis
- It was as though he had been cooked by the sun and leeched by the rain until only bone, tendon and muscle were left.
- Extract from : « The Ethical Engineer » by Henry Maxwell Dempsey
- I was bled, leeched; kept for a month in the filthy Dolphin Inn at Rock.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Lord Byron » by Francis Henry Gribble
- The animals trying to get close to warmth had overcome their fear of people, but the cold had leeched the life from their bodies.
- Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
- His Highness said that the Hakims, who were attending him, had bled him, and had leeched the inflamed joints.
- Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray
- He fell ill at Geneva in 1646, and was bled, leeched and purged before the diagnosis of smallpox was made.
- Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) » by Charles Creighton
Synonyms for leeched
- blackmail
- bum
- cadge
- chisel
- confiscate
- deplete
- drain
- exhaust
- extract
- exude
- fleece
- gush
- hemorrhage
- impoverish
- leech
- live off others
- milk
- mooch
- mulct
- ooze
- open vein
- overcharge
- pauperize
- phlebotomize
- put the screws to
- rook
- run
- sap
- scrounge
- seep
- shed
- skin
- sponge
- spurt
- squeeze
- steal
- stick
- strong-arm
- trickle
- weep
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