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| leech | |
| 1. n. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially. |  |
| 2. n. (figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion. | |
| 3. n. (medicine, dated) A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum. | |
| 4. v. To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient. | |
| 5. v. To drain (resources) without giving back. | |
| Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return. | |
| 6. n. (archaic) A physician. | |
| 7. n. (paganism, Heathenry) A healer. | |
| 8. v. (archaic, rare) To treat, cure or heal. | |
| 9. n. (nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail. | |
| 10. n. (nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail. | |
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