Thursday, August 21, 2014

leach/leech: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Thursday, August 21, 2014

leach/leech 
Water leaches chemicals out of soil or color out of cloth; your brother-in-law leeches off the family by constantly borrowing money to pay his gambling debts (he behaves like a bloodsucking leech).
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  1. Peter BelenkyAugust 21, 2014 at 8:11 PM

    ...omitting the other meaning of "leech": the free, trailing edge of a sail from which the wind flows.

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