lech

letch

informal

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verb

(intr usually foll by after) to behave lecherously (towards); lust (after)

noun

a lecherous act or indulgence

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Word Origin for lech

C19: back formation from lecher

Words nearby lech

Le Cateau, Lecce, leccy, LE cell, LE cell test, lech, lechaim, lechatelierite, Le Châtelier principle, Le Chatelier's principle, lecher

British Dictionary definitions for lech (2 of 2)

Lech

/ (lɛk, German lɛç) /

noun

a river in central Europe, rising in SW Austria and flowing generally north through S Germany to the River Danube. Length: 285 km (177 miles)

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How to use lech in a sentence

Additionally, the hotel is only open from December through Easter – a period of time when the weather in Lech is frightfully cold.
What to Drink When it’s Cold? The Glory of Austrian Schnaps|Jordan Salcito|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Subirer, for example, is a small bitter pear that grows in the Alps, near Lech.
What to Drink When it’s Cold? The Glory of Austrian Schnaps|Jordan Salcito|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
President Lech Kaczynski and all the other more than 80 VIPs who boarded the 154 were in a needless risk situation.
Poland's Deadly Decision|Clive Irving|April 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
To give the award to Albert Schweitzer, or Nelson Mandela or Desmond Tutu or Lech Walesa or Andrei Sakharov is one thing.
A Prize Too Far|Christopher Buckley|October 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Nearly all the enemy were slaughtered or drowned in the river Lech.
A History of Germany|Bayard Taylor
Maximilian was reduced to straits such as he had not known since the time when Tilly fell at the passage of the Lech.
The Thirty Years' War|Samuel Rawson Gardiner
The king seized Donauworth and Ulm, and under cover of the fire of seventy guns threw a bridge across the Lech.
Hero Tales of the Far North|Jacob A. Riis
At the approach of the King he camped where the river Lech joins the Danube, awaiting attack.
Hero Tales of the Far North|Jacob A. Riis
Tilly had then fallen back before the advance of Gustavus to a very strong position on the Lech.
The Lion of the North|G.A. Henty