A more plausible proposal is the one Leech presented in conjunction with Emmet's theory.
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Leech
Synonyms for "leech" (150 found)
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Translations
257 translations across 131 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- bloedsuier noun (annelid)
Ainu
1 entries- サㇱ noun (annelid)
Aklanon
1 entries- alimatok noun (annelid)
Albanian
4 entries- gjakpirës noun (annelid)
- rrodhe noun (annelid)
- shushunjë noun (annelid)
- ushunjëz noun (annelid)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βδέλλα noun (annelid)
- βδελλίζω verb (to apply a leech medicinally)
Ao
1 entries- bangchi noun (annelid)
Arabic
3 entries- عَلَق noun (annelid)
- لعق noun (annelid)
- مصلحچي noun (person who derives profit from others)
Armenian
1 entries- տզրուկ noun (annelid)
Aromanian
3 entries- avdelã noun (annelid)
- piuvitsã noun (annelid)
- suliucã noun (annelid)
Assamese
1 entries- জোক noun (annelid)
Asturian
2 entries- sandixuela noun (annelid)
- sanixuela noun (annelid)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- zəli noun (annelid)
Bashkir
1 entries- һөлөк noun (annelid)
Basque
1 entries- izain noun (annelid)
Belarusian
1 entries- п'я́ўка noun (annelid)
Bengali
1 entries- জোঁক noun (annelid)
Bulgarian
3 entries- кръвопиец noun (person who derives profit from others)
- къ́рлеж noun (person who derives profit from others)
- пия́вица noun (annelid)
Burmese
2 entries- ကျွတ် noun (annelid)
- မျှော့ noun (annelid)
Catalan
2 entries- sangonera noun (annelid)
- sangonera noun (person who derives profit from others)
Cebuano
1 entries- alimatok noun (annelid)
Cerma
1 entries- diirãŋo noun (annelid)
Chinese
1 entries- 蜈蜞 noun (annelid)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 水蛭 noun (annelid)
- 螞蟥 /蚂蟥 noun (annelid)
Chuvash
1 entries- сӗлӗх noun (annelid)
Czech
3 entries- pijavice noun (annelid)
- pijavice noun (person who derives profit from others)
- pijavka noun (annelid)
Dalmatian
1 entries- sansoike noun (annelid)
Danish
1 entries- igle noun (annelid)
Dutch
4 entries- bloedzuiger noun (annelid)
- bloedzuiger noun (person who derives profit from others)
- echel noun (annelid)
- heler noun (paganism: a healer)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- чывытан noun (annelid)
Esperanto
1 entries- hirudo noun (annelid)
Estonian
1 entries- kaan noun (annelid)
Faroese
3 entries- blóðigil noun (annelid)
- igil noun (annelid)
- igli noun (annelid)
Finnish
4 entries- iilimato noun (annelid)
- juotikas noun (annelid)
- liikki noun (vertical edge of a square sail)
- poppamies noun (paganism: a healer)
French
2 entries- pot de colle noun (person who derives profit from others)
- sangsue noun (annelid)
Friulian
2 entries- sansuie noun (annelid)
- sansuje noun (annelid)
Galician
4 entries- becha noun (annelid)
- bicha noun (annelid)
- sambesuga noun (annelid)
- samesuga noun (annelid)
Georgian
1 entries- წურბელა noun (annelid)
German
4 entries- Blutegel noun (annelid)
- Blutsauger noun (person who derives profit from others)
- Blutsaugerin noun (person who derives profit from others)
- Egel noun (annelid)
Greek
2 entries- βδέλλα noun (annelid)
- βδέλλα noun (person who derives profit from others)
Gujarati
3 entries- જળો noun (annelid)
- જોક noun (annelid)
- જોખ noun (annelid)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- sansi noun (annelid)
Hawaiian
2 entries- mākoko noun (annelid)
- omo koko noun (annelid)
Hebrew
4 entries- עֲלוּקָה noun (annelid)
- עלוקה noun (person who derives profit from others)
- שְׂפַת הַמִּפְרָשׂ noun (vertical edge of a square sail)
- שָׂפָה אֲחוֹרִית noun (aft edge of a triangular sail)
Hindi
4 entries- जलूका noun (annelid)
- जोँक noun (annelid)
- जोँक noun (person who derives profit from others)
- जोंक noun (annelid)
Hungarian
4 entries- pióca noun (annelid)
- kiszipolyoz verb (to drain resources without giving back)
- piócát rak verb (to apply a leech medicinally)
- piócával kezel verb (to apply a leech medicinally)
Icelandic
2 entries- blóðsuga noun (annelid)
- iglur noun (annelid)
Ido
1 entries- sanguisugo noun (annelid)
Indonesian
1 entries- lintah noun (annelid)
Ingrian
2 entries- verenimiäin noun (annelid)
- verimato noun (annelid)
Irish
4 entries- diúgaire noun (person who derives profit from others)
- siolpaire noun (person who derives profit from others)
- súmaire noun (annelid)
- súmaire noun (person who derives profit from others)
Italian
3 entries- balumina noun (aft edge of a triangular sail)
- mignatta noun (annelid)
- sanguisuga noun (annelid)
Japanese
2 entries- ヒル noun (annelid)
- 蛭 noun (annelid)
Kashmiri
1 entries- دٕرٕک noun (annelid)
Kazakh
1 entries- сүлік noun (annelid)
Khiamniungan Naga
2 entries- làh noun (annelid)
- ù noun (annelid)
Khmer
1 entries- ឈ្លើង noun (annelid)
Kituba
1 entries- muntudia noun (annelid)
Klamath-Modoc
1 entries- sdaqbonks noun (annelid)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- кок пырӧтан гаг noun (annelid)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- ва нидзув noun (annelid)
Korean
1 entries- 거머리 noun (annelid)
Kumyk
1 entries- сюлюк noun (annelid)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сүлүк noun (annelid)
Lao
2 entries- ທາກ noun (annelid)
- ປີງ noun (annelid)
Latin
2 entries- hirūdō noun (annelid)
- sanguisūga noun (annelid)
Latvian
1 entries- dēle noun (annelid)
Lingala
1 entries- mosonzo noun (annelid)
Lisu
1 entries- ꓪꓰꓼ noun (annelid)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dėlė noun (annelid)
Macedonian
1 entries- пијавица noun (annelid)
Malay
1 entries- lintah noun (annelid)
Malayalam
2 entries- അട്ട noun (annelid)
- നീരട്ട noun (annelid)
Mansaka
1 entries- limatuk noun (annelid)
Manx
2 entries- guillag noun (annelid)
- jiollag noun (annelid)
Marathi
1 entries- जळू noun (annelid)
Maung
1 entries- yawak noun (annelid)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- squ noun (annelid)
Mongolian
2 entries- хануур хорхой noun (annelid)
- ᠬᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠷᠤᠬᠠᠢ noun (annelid)
Māori
4 entries- kaimātai noun (person who derives profit from others)
- kōkopurangi noun (annelid)
- ngata noun (annelid)
- parakūkā noun (person who derives profit from others)
Navajo
1 entries- akágí yitsʼǫǫsii noun (annelid)
Neapolitan
1 entries- sanguetta noun (annelid)
Nogai
1 entries- суьлик noun (annelid)
Northern Dagara
1 entries- dalendeɛloo noun (annelid)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- arbijî noun (annelid)
Norwegian
4 entries- blodsuger noun (person who derives profit from others)
- igle noun (annelid)
- lik noun (aft edge of a triangular sail)
- parasitt noun (person who derives profit from others)
Occitan
1 entries- sagnairòla noun (annelid)
Okinawan
1 entries- 蛭 noun (annelid)
Old Czech
1 entries- pijěvicě noun (annelid)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سولوك noun (annelid)
Pashto
2 entries- وخچه noun (annelid)
- ژوره noun (annelid)
Persian
3 entries- زالو noun (annelid)
- زالو noun (person who derives profit from others)
- زروک noun (annelid)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Iel noun (annelid)
Polabian
1 entries- pajăvaićă noun (annelid)
Polish
4 entries- pasożyt noun (person who derives profit from others)
- pijawka noun (annelid)
- pijawka noun (person who derives profit from others)
- uzdrowiciel noun (paganism: a healer)
Portuguese
2 entries- parasita noun (person who derives profit from others)
- sanguessuga noun (annelid)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਜਲੌਕਾ noun (annelid)
- ਜੋਕ noun (annelid)
Romanian
1 entries- lipitoare noun (annelid)
Russian
4 entries- кровопи́йца noun (person who derives profit from others)
- кровосо́с noun (person who derives profit from others)
- лик noun (vertical edge of a square sail)
- парази́т noun (person who derives profit from others)
Sanskrit
1 entries- जलूका noun (annelid)
Sardinian
2 entries- sambesuca noun (annelid)
- sambesue noun (annelid)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- deala noun (annelid)
- gealan noun (annelid)
- guilleag noun (annelid)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pijavica noun (annelid)
- пијавица noun (annelid)
Slovak
1 entries- pijavica noun (annelid)
Slovene
1 entries- pijavka noun (annelid)
Southern Altai
1 entries- сӱлӱк noun (annelid)
Spanish
2 entries- sanguijuela noun (annelid)
- sanguja noun (annelid)
Swahili
1 entries- mruba noun (annelid)
Swedish
4 entries- akterlik noun (aft edge of a triangular sail)
- blodigel noun (annelid)
- blodigel noun (person who derives profit from others)
- blodsugare noun (person who derives profit from others)
Tagalog
2 entries- linta noun (annelid)
- mandarangkat noun (person who derives profit from others)
Tajik
3 entries- золу noun (annelid)
- зуллук noun (annelid)
- шуллук noun (annelid)
Tamil
2 entries- அட்டை noun (annelid)
- ஒட்டுண்ணி noun (person who derives profit from others)
Tatar
1 entries- сөлек noun (annelid)
Telugu
2 entries- జలౌకసము noun (annelid)
- జెలగ noun (annelid)
Thai
2 entries- ทาก noun (annelid)
- ปลิง noun (annelid)
Tibetan
2 entries- འབུ་པད་པ noun (annelid)
- སྲིན་བུ་པད་མ noun (annelid)
Tocharian B
1 entries- śätkaroñ noun (annelid)
Turkish
1 entries- sülük noun (annelid)
Turkmen
1 entries- sülük noun (annelid)
Udmurt
1 entries- сьӧднумыр noun (annelid)
Ukrainian
4 entries- кровопи́вця noun (person who derives profit from others)
- лі́кар noun (paganism: a healer)
- лі́карка noun (paganism: a healer)
- п'я́вка noun (annelid)
Unami
1 entries- mahkakw noun (annelid)
Urdu
1 entries- جونک noun (annelid)
Uyghur
1 entries- سۈلۈك noun (annelid)
Uzbek
1 entries- zuluk noun (annelid)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đỉa noun (annelid)
Vilamovian
1 entries- agl noun (annelid)
Volapük
1 entries- gib noun (annelid)
Walloon
1 entries- sansowe noun (annelid)
Welsh
2 entries- gele noun (annelid)
- gelen noun (annelid)
Western Mari
1 entries- вӹдпыйи noun (annelid)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּיאַווקע noun (annelid)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
The leech sucked his blood.
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Tom is nothing but a leech.
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"I think I forgot to put money in my wallet." "Huh?" "I still have my cards, though...Ah, I don't have my wallet. I must've forgot it. Oh well." "You meant to leech from the start, didn't you?" "No, no, I actually forgot it."
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