leaching

/ˈliːt͡ʃɪŋ/

leaching is the present participle and gerund of leach.

Noun

leaching (plural leachings)

The process by which something is leached.
- The leachings were performed in a controlled atmosphere chamber in four different steps […]2012, Brian Morse, Cold Regions Engineering 2012
Liquid that leaches.
- One set of plants was watered with distilled water, while to the other set was added in addition small amounts of leachings, containing only a trace of nitrogen, from a cultivated field.

leach (third-person singular simple present leaches, present participle leaching, simple past and past participle leached)

(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
- Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.
(intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
- The gangue was leached to recover minerals left behind by the original technology.
(figuratively, intransitive) To bleed; to seep.
- A more generic geography, one where the suburb uneasily abuts the commercial and industrial, or leaches out to a nonurban frontier.2007, Andrew Shanken, “The Sublime "Jackass"”, in Places, volume 19

plural	leachings

What does leaching mean?: Leaching means the process by which something is leached.
What is leaching the present participle and gerund of?: Leaching is the present participle and gerund of leach.
What part of speech is leaching?: Leaching is a noun.
How do you pronounce leaching?: Leaching is pronounced /ˈliːt͡ʃɪŋ/.
What is the plural of leaching?: The plural of leaching is leachings.

Adapted from Wiktionary: leaching (page history and authors); leach (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Cite this entry: “leaching.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/leaching. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.