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leech
(l/i//tS/ )

noun (n)

  • carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end(noun.animal)
    Synonym:
    bloodsucker, hirudinean
    source: wordnet30
  • a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    parasite, sponge, sponger
    source: wordnet30
  • See 2d Leach.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • The border or edge at the side of a sail.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • draw blood(verb.body)
    Synonym:
    bleed, phlebotomise, phlebotomize
    source: wordnet30
  • See Leach, v. t.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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