1. The process of leaching
   "Leaching of nutrients from the soil can lead to poor crop yields";
   - leach

1. Remove substances from by a percolating liquid
   "leach the soil";
   - strip
    
2. Cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate
   "The gardener leached the soil to remove excess salts"
    
3. Permeate or penetrate gradually
   "the fertilizer leached into the ground";
   - percolate

Sounds like: leached, leeching, leec

Derived forms: leachings

Type of: action, activity, dribble, filter, natural action, natural process, remove, take, take away, trickle, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Leaching