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leach

/litʃ/ /liːtʃ/
GeneralScience
  1. 1 (topraktan) sızmak, yıkanıp gitmek
  2. 2 yıkayıp götürmek, çözerek ayırmak

Definition (English)

  1. Of a substance, to be washed out of soil or another material by water.
  2. To remove a substance from soil or another material by passing liquid through it.

Example Sentences

  1. Minerals can leach from the soil into the groundwater.
    Mineraller topraktan yeraltı suyuna sızabilir.
  2. Chemicals from the old factory leached into the river.
    Eski fabrikadan çıkan kimyasallar nehre sızdı.
  3. Heavy rain leaches nutrients out of the soil.
    Şiddetli yağmur topraktaki besinleri yıkayıp götürür.
  4. Miners use a chemical solution to leach gold from crushed rock.
    Madenciler kırılmış kayadaki altını çözerek ayırmak için kimyasal bir çözelti kullanır.

Verb Forms Regular

Base leach
/litʃ/
Past leached
/litʃt/
Participle leached
/litʃt/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edleach → leached

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sert (ötümsüz) bir ünsüzle, /tʃ/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /t/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. leached /litʃt/

Synonyms

Collocations

leach through soilleach out mineralsleach from soilleach into water