text: a Leaching\n\n1 : to dissolve out by the action of a percolating liquid <leach out alkali from ashes>\n2 : to subject to the action of percolating liquid (as water) in order to separate the soluble components\n3 a : to remove (nutritive or harmful elements) from soil by percolation b : to draw out or remove as if by percolation <all meaning has been leached from my life after answering too many questions>