Greek Meaning of leech

βδέλλα

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Definitions and Meaning of leech in English

Wordnet

leech (n)

carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

Wordnet

leech (v)

draw blood

Webster

leech (n.)

See 2d Leach.

The border or edge at the side of a sail.

A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.

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.

A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.

Webster

leech (v. t.)

See Leach, v. t.

To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.

To bleed by the use of leeches.

FAQs About the word leech

βδέλλα

carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end, a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host)

παράσιτο,Βαμπίρ,εξαρτημένος,τζάμπα μάγκας,παράσιτο,δεξί χέρι,τσιμπούρι,σφουγγάρι,σφουγγάρι,τεμπέλης

ευεργέτης,οπαδός,φιλάνθρωπος

leeboard => Σανίδα πλάγιας ίσαλου, leeangle => Πλευρά υπο迎ρίδων, lee yuen kam => Λι Γιουέν Καμ, lee trevino => Λι Τρεβίνο, lee tide => Αμπώτιδα,