Look up: Leech

1. leech
   [n] - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage 2. [n] - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
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2. Leech
   The aft edge of the triangular sail - the one that's not attached to anything.
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3. Leech
   the back edge of a sail
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4. Leech
   Leech: 1. An aquatic parasite that sucks blood from animals. Leeches play a role in medicine today. See: Leech therapy. 2. (Archaic) A physician or surgeon (because they did so much leeching). 3. A person who behaves as a parasite.
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5. leech
   the after edge of a sail; the part of a sail which is to leeward. Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure
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6. Leech
   Leech (lēch) noun See 2d Leach .
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7. Leech
   Leech transitive verb See Leach , transitive verb
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8. Leech
   Leech noun [ Confer LG. leik , Icelandic līk , Swedish lik boltrope, stående liken the leeches.] (Nautical) The border or edge at the side of a sail. [ Written also leach .] Leech line , ...
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9. Leech
   Leech noun [ Middle English leche , læche , physician, Anglo-Saxon lǣce ; akin to Fries. lētza , Old High German lāhhī , Icel . læknari , Swedish läkare , Danish <...
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10. Leech
    Leech transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Leeched (lēcht); present participle & verbal noun Leeching .] 1. To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wo...
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11. leech
    1. Physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing. ... Alternative forms: leach] 'Leech, heal thyself.' (Wyclif (Luke iv. 23)) ... 2. <zoology> Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, especially. Those species used in ...
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12. leech
    bloodsucker noun carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
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13. leech
    parasite noun a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
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14. leech
    phlebotomize verb draw blood; `In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment`
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15. leech
    (lēch) any of the annelids of the class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis; some species are bloodsuckers. Leeches were used extensively to treat various disorders and are still used occasionally to reduce postsurgical venous congestion, as in tissue flaps, grafts, or transplants.
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16. Leech
    • (n.) See 2d Leach. • (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species. • (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of hea...
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17. leech
    any of about 650 species of segmented, or annelid, worms. A small sucker, which contains the mouth, is at the anterior end; a large sucker is at the ... [11 related articles]
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18. Leech
    the back edge of a sail
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19. leech
    (networking) Someone who downloads files but provides nothing for others to download. The term is common on BitTorrent, which relies on having multiple sources for files to improve download speed. (2007-03-27)
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20. Leech
    In sailing, the leech is the border or edge of a sail which is sloping or perpendicular.
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21. leech
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lēch Definitions: 1. A bloodsucking aquatic annelid worm (genus Hirudo, class Hirudinea) sometimes used in medicine for local withdrawal of blood. 2. To treat medically by applying leeches. See: For various leech species, see Hirudo
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22. Leech
    The aft edge of a triangular sail.
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23. leech
    leech, predacious or parasitic annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, characterized by a cylindrical or slightly flattened body with suckers at either end for attaching to prey. The leech, like other annelids, is segmented, but its numerous surface folds obscure the internal segments. In many forms th...
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24. Leech
    Leech is a popular term for annelid worms of the class Hirudinea comprising those worms equipped with a sucker at each end that draw blood from their prey (warm blooded mammals), such as Hirudo medicinalis.
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25. leech
    Any of a group of annelid worms. Leeches live in fresh water, and in tropical countries infest damp forests. As bloodsucking animals they are injurious to people and animals, to whom they attach themselves by means of a strong mouth adapted to sucking. (Class Hirudinea.) Formerly, the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) was used...
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