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.
will leech
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future tenseof leech.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The fill buries the headwater streams and serves as a toxic sieve of ground-up rock and dirt that will leech heavy metals into the ground water.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2012
