leech
noun
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
leeches
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present tense formof leech (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Under a chaotic canopy woven with vines and studded with fearsome spiked stems, the group crossed streams, waded through mud and picked off dozens of leeches.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
At age 25, Birutė Galdikas, the Canadian anthropologist, was wading through swamps riddled with parasites and leeches trying to catch a glimpse of orangutans, or, as she describes them, “survivors of Eden.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
In “Parasite,” Bong constructs a multilayered question over who the titular leeches are.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025
They’re tipped into a chemical solution which leeches the gold out into the liquid.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024
At the end of the day, I did forget about the leeches clinging to my toes, but I did not forget about my sister.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
