Crossword-Solution: LEECHED
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Leeched | imp. & p. p. | of Leech |
We have 4 clues for the answer “LEECHED”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Drained the essence | 1 answer |
| Sucked dry, as of one's fortune | 1 answer |
| Was a parasite | 2 answers |
| Bled | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AMCZEE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with LEECHED (5)
FARRAGUT AT MOBILE BAY Ha, old ship, do they thrill, The brave two hundred scars You got in the river wars? That were leeched with clamorous skill (Surgery savage and hard), At the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Seeing things taking such a serious turn, the American began to regret the part he was playing; for there was no fun in being rubbed and leeched when one was in perfect health.
This had to be leeched, and lanced, and doctored with ointments and poultices for several weeks, till I was almost driven to despair,--for the weather was at length fine, and I was tantalized by seeing grand butterflies flying past my door, and thinking of the twenty or thirty new species of insects that I ought to be getting every day.
Cronin was much alarmed about him; indeed, he believed him to be dying, and leeched his temples and bled his right arm.
The centuries have not yet improved upon "Wheels round, brazen, eight-spoked," or "Shields smooth, beautiful, brazen, well-hammered." Observe the effective use of epithet in Will Levington Comfort's "The Fighting Death," when he speaks of soldiers in a Philippine skirmish as being "leeched against a rock." _Description uses figures of speech._ Any advanced rhetoric will discuss their forms and give examples for guidance.[21] This matter is most important, be assured.
Quotes with LEECHED (3)
The cracks grew over him like vines, faster and faster. At first he bucked, whinnying metallic screeches. Then he gradually stilled, looking up at me with frightened glass eyes. He was growing. New, molten glass leeched out between his fissures, cooled and hardened only to crack again and make room for more liquid glass. The gears inside him moaned and creaked, and metal filings gathered at the base of his transparent stomach, only to fly up again and form more joints and cha…
I ground my teeth. "Just when I thought I was getting a handle on this whole Dark One/demon lord/imp thing, you go and throw knockers into the mix. I'm going to have to request that you stop, Adrian. I'm about at my limit of how many impossible things I can believe before breakfast." He flashed a heart-stoppingly roguish grin at me, his dimples just about bringing me to my knees. "Your middle name wouldn't be Alice, would it?" he asked." No, it's Diane, and you're no White Ra…
An eerie atmosphere leeched from the soot-damaged walls. It was as if the house had died, and yet she felt she belonged here. It was as if the old place wanted to claim her from the grave.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, NYT.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (2001–2007).