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