Synonyms for leeching
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : leech |
| Phonetic Transcription : litʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for leeching Other synonyms for the word leeching
- bloodsucking
- chisel
- confiscate
- deplete
- exhaust
- extract
- exude
- fleece
- gush
- hemorrhage
- impoverish
- leech
- leeching
- live off others
- milk
- mooch
- mooching
- mulct
- open vein
- overcharge
- parasitical
- pauperize
- phlebotomize
- put the screws to
- rook
- run
- sap
- scrounge
- seep
- shed
- skin
- sponge
- sponging
- spurt
- steal
- strong-arm
Définition of leeching
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 freeloading : adj parasitic
- As in bleed : verb cause blood to flow
- As in bleed : verb extort
- As in freeload : verb take advantage
- Then Leeching, after loading his pistol, went to work with his comrade for an hour or so.
- Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant
- Leeching, however, is seldom needed, a hypodermic injection of morphia generally sufficing to relieve the pain.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- Leeching and blistering, and subsequently massage, pulled him through, but left him weak and querulous.
- Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey
- Should the pain not subside, leeching must be had free recourse to, or blood be drawn by cupping.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
- No wonder gout was a common disease, and the overheated blood needed to be reduced by cupping and leeching.
- Extract from : « The Colonial Cavalier » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
- Cupping, leeching, and all sorts of blood-letting were the chief dependence in olden times in all cases of fever.
- Extract from : « The Colonial Cavalier » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
- We feared, for a few minutes, that it really would be a case for a chirurgeon, with cupping and leeching and smelling salts.
- Extract from : « Plum Pudding » by Christopher Morley
- The lime soap thus formed is dropped from the tank into the hopper of a mill, finely ground and conveyed to a leeching tank.
- Extract from : « Soap-Making Manual » by E. G. Thomssen
- By the worst luck in the world a stone slipped and fell as Leeching passed by.
- Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant
- Therefore Colquhoun must excuse him if he gave up the story of Leeching's skeleton entirely to his own reading.
- Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant
Antonyms for leeching
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