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Definitions for Leech

[1] any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
[2] a person who clings to another for personal gain, especially without giving anything in return, and usually with the implication or effect of exhausting the other's resources; parasite.
[3] Archaic . an instrument used for drawing blood.
[4] to apply leeches to, so as to bleed.
[5] to cling to and feed upon or drain, as a leech: His relatives leeched him until his entire fortune was exhausted.
[6] Archaic . to cure; heal.
[7] to hang on to a person in the manner of a leech: She leeched on to him for dear life.
[8] a physician.
[9] either of the lateral edges of a square sail.
[10] the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
[11] Margaret, 1893–1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer.
[12] any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, which have a sucker at each end of the body and feed on the blood or tissues of other animals See also horseleech, medicinal leech
[13] a person who clings to or preys on another person
[14] an archaic word for physician (in combination ) leechcraft
[15] cling like a leech to cling or adhere persistently to something
[16] (tr) to use leeches to suck the blood of (a person), as a method of medical treatment
[17] nautical the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail or either of the vertical edges of a squaresail

Words related to Leech

sycophant, sponge, barnacle, bloodsucker, bum, freeloader, scrounger

Words nearby Leech

lee gauge, lee shore, lee tide, lee, robert e., leeboard, leech, leech line, leech rope, leeds, leeds castle, leek

Origin of Leech

31480–90; earlier lek, leche, lyche; akin to Dutch lijk leech, Old Norse līk nautical term of uncertain meaning

Other words from Leech

leech·like , adjective

Word origin for Leech

C15: of Germanic origin; compare Dutch lijk

Synonyms for Leech

barnacle, bloodsucker, bum, freeloader, scrounger, sponge, sycophant