Leach out
/liːtʃ aʊt/
To gradually wash or dissolve out of a material, especially due to water passing through it.
Examples
- Minerals slowly leach out of rocks over centuries.
- Heavy rains caused the fertilizer to leach out of the soil.
- Toxins can leach out from plastic containers when heated.
- Chemicals leached out of the landfill into the groundwater.
- We were concerned that nutrients would leach out during the flood.
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