leach
verb/liːtʃ/
Frequency rank: #10,091 most common English word
Meaning
to drain away or be removed from a substance by the action of a percolating liquid.
Example sentence
Heavy rain can cause harmful chemicals to leach from the soil into nearby rivers.
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