Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to leech
Participle: leeched
Gerund: leeching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | leech |
| you | leech |
| he;she;it | leeches |
| we | leech |
| you | leech |
| they | leech |
Perfect
| I | have leeched |
| you | have leeched |
| he;she;it | has leeched |
| we | have leeched |
| you | have leeched |
| they | have leeched |
Past
| I | leeched |
| you | leeched |
| he;she;it | leeched |
| we | leeched |
| you | leeched |
| they | leeched |
Pluperfect
| I | had leeched |
| you | had leeched |
| he;she;it | had leeched |
| we | had leeched |
| you | had leeched |
| they | had leeched |
Future
| I | will leech |
| you | will leech |
| he;she;it | will leech |
| we | will leech |
| you | will leech |
| they | will leech |
Future Perfect
| I | will have leeched |
| you | will have leeched |
| he;she;it | will have leeched |
| we | will have leeched |
| you | will have leeched |
| they | will have leeched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | leech |
| you | leech |
| he;she;it | leech |
| we | leech |
| you | leech |
| they | leech |
Perfect
| I | have leeched |
| you | have leeched |
| he;she;it | have leeched |
| we | have leeched |
| you | have leeched |
| they | have leeched |
Imperfect
| I | leeched |
| you | leeched |
| he;she;it | leeched |
| we | leeched |
| you | leeched |
| they | leeched |
Pluperfect
| I | had leeched |
| you | had leeched |
| he;she;it | had leeched |
| we | had leeched |
| you | had leeched |
| they | had leeched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would leech |
| you | would leech |
| he;she;it | would leech |
| we | would leech |
| you | would leech |
| they | would leech |
Perfect
| I | would have leeched |
| you | would have leeched |
| he;she;it | would have leeched |
| we | would have leeched |
| you | would have leeched |
| they | would have leeched |
Imperative
| you | leech |
| we | Let's leech |
| you | leech |
Verbs conjugated like 'leech'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'leech'
deech,
fleech,
leach,
lech,
letch,
meech,
reech,
beach,
belch,
bench,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English leche (“blood-sucking worm”), from Old English lǣċe (“blood-sucking worm”), akin to Middle Dutch lāke ("blood-sucking worm"; > modern Dutch laak).
Sample Sentences
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This had to be leeched, and lanced, and doctored with ointments and poultices for several weeks, till I was almost driven to despair, - for the weather was at length fine, and I was tantalized by seeing grand butterflies flying past my door, and thinking of the twenty or thirty new species of insects that I ought to be getting every day. [1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 316:]
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The poppy made him sleep and while he slept they leeched him to drain off the bad blood. [2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “Davos [Seaworth]”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 285:]
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Near-synonyms: mooch, suck down
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Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return.
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Her daughter Astrid (new Tim Burton muse Jenna Ortega) barely speaks to her, and her greasy-haired boyfriend Rory (Justin Theroux, proving once again to be a comedic tour de force) obviously leeching off her fame and money [2024 September 6, Anna McKibbin, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice reinvigorates Tim Burton’s stale brand, returning to practical playfulness”, in AV Club:]