Толковый словарь английского языка - leech
Leech
leech
I. noun Etymology: Middle English leche, from Old English lǣce; akin to Old High German lāhhi physician Date: before 12th century physician , surgeon , any of numerous carnivorous or bloodsucking usually freshwater annelid worms (class Hirudinea) that have typically a flattened lanceolate segmented body with a sucker at each end, a hanger-on who seeks advantage or gain, see: parasite ~like adjective II. verb Date: 1641 transitive verb to bleed by the use of ~es, to drain the substance of ; exhaust , intransitive verb to attach oneself to a person as a ~, III. noun also leach Etymology: Middle English leche; akin to Middle Low German līk boltrope Date: 15th century either vertical edge of a square sail, the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail
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1. n. 1 any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Hirudinea with suckers at both ends, esp. Hirudo medicinalis, a bloodsucking parasite of vertebrates formerly much used medicinally. 2 a person who extorts profit from or sponges on others. Phrases and idioms like a leech persistently or clingingly present. Etymology: OE l{aelig}ce, assim. to LEECH(2) 2. n. archaic or joc. a physician; a healer. Etymology: OE l{aelig}ce f. Gmc 3. n. 1 a perpendicular or sloping side of a square sail. 2 the side of a fore-and-aft sail away from the mast or stay. Etymology: ME, perh. rel. to ON lik, a nautical term of uncert. meaning ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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