Leech - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|liːtʃ|
Brit.
|liːtʃ|
noun
- carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end (syn: bloodsucker)
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage (syn: parasite, sponge, sponger)
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage (syn: parasite, sponge, sponger)
verb
Extra examples
A group of silly young girls leeched onto the popular singer.
The family began to see him as a leech.
Word forms
noun
singular: leech
plural: leeches
singular: leech
plural: leeches
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