leach soil
1Soil carbon — is the generic name for carbon held within the soil, primarily in association with its organic content. This discussion begins with a brief introduction to soil carbon, its function within the soil, influences on soil carbon, and finally the… …
2Soil salinity — is the salt content in the soil. [ [http://europeandcis.undp.org/WaterWiki/index.php/Soil salinity from Soil salinity in WaterWiki, the on line Knowledge and Collaboration Tool of the Community of Practice (CoP) on Water and UNDP related… …
3leach — [li:tʃ] v also leach out [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: leccan to make wet ] technical if a substance leaches or is leached from a larger mass such as the soil, it is removed from it by water passing through the larger mass ▪ The manufacturers …
4leach — [ litʃ ] verb intransitive or transitive leach into/from/out to remove a chemical or MINERAL from something such as soil as a result of water passing through it, or to be removed by this process …
5leach — ► VERB ▪ remove (a soluble substance) from soil or other material by the action of rainwater or another liquid passing through it. ORIGIN Old English, «to water» …
6leach — leach1 [lēch] vt. [prob. < OE leccan, to water, irrigate, orig. a caus. form of base akin to ON leka: see LEAK] 1. to cause (a liquid) to filter down through some material 2. to subject to the washing action of a filtering liquid [wood ashes… …
7soil — soil1 soilless, adj. /soyl/, n. 1. the portion of the earth s surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. 2. a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. 3. the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil. 4. a… …
8leach´er — leach1 «leech», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to run (water or some other liquid) through slowly; filter: »to leach water through wood ashes. 2. to dissolve out soluble parts from (ashes, ores, or other matter) by running water or other liquid through… …
9leach — I. variant of leech II. verb Etymology: leach vessel through which water is passed to extract lye Date: 1796 transitive verb 1. to dissolve out by the action of a percolating liquid < leach out alkali from ashes > 2. to subject to the action of… …
10leach — UK [liːtʃ] / US [lɪtʃ] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms leach : present tense I/you/we/they leach he/she/it leaches present participle leaching past tense leached past participle leached science to remove a chemical or mineral from… …
