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• present participle of leach.

leaching

American  

[leech-ing] / ˈlitʃ ɪŋ /

noun

leachings plural

1. the dissolution or removal of substances out of soil, ashes, or the like by a process of percolation.

2. an instance of such dissolution, or a substance removed in this way.

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leaching Scientific  

/ lē′chĭng /

1. The removal of soluble material from a substance, such as soil or rock, through the percolation of water. Organic matter is typically removed from a soil horizon and soluble metals or salts from a rock by leaching. Leaching differs from eluviation in that it affects soluble, not suspended, material and often results in the complete removal of the material from the soil or rock.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• non-leaching
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• leachings
  plural

Example Sentences

Leaching with biocompatible acids like citric acid is one alternative to these processes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2024

Leaching politics from the frame is fairly common storytelling practice, but in this case, it also drains the protagonist of one of her more interesting attributes.

From Los Angeles Times

Leaching removes from manure— The soluble and most valuable parts of the ash in solution in water, besides carrying away some of the named above forms of organic matter.

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by Waring, George E. (George Edwin)

Leaching, passing through and going off in drainage water.

From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon