leech

  1. Noun.  An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class ''Hirudinea'', especially ''Hirudo medicinalis''.
  2. Noun.  A person who derives profit from others, in a parasitic fashion.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To apply a '''leech''' medicinally.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To drain (resources) without giving back.
  5. Noun.  (archaic) A physician.
  6. Noun.  (paganism) A healer in Heathenry.
  7. Noun.  (context, nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail.
  8. Noun.  (nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail.

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