leach
verb (used with object)
to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
have leached
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present perfectof leach.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A carbon water filter can also reduce potential exposure to chemicals and pesticides that may have leached into your water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Over time, as these pipes have corroded, they have leached lead — a chemical with no safe level of exposure — into tap water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2024
He's now watching the wells and ponds on his property daily, with no other option than to simply wait for testing to learn if carcinogenic chemicals from the derailment have leached into the aquifer.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2023
When summer came, he forbade us from eating blueberries from the bushes on our deck because the wood in the planters might have been treated with arsenic that could have leached into the soil.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
By changing the water you replace the oxygen which would be in the water, and you also eliminate any toxic substances which may have leached out of the shells during the preceding 24 hours.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
