What is another word for leaching?

Pronunciation: [lˈiːt͡ʃɪŋ] (IPA)

Leaching is a process in which substances, such as minerals and chemicals, dissolve and are carried away by water or other liquids. There are many synonyms for the word leaching, including dissolving, eluting, washing, draining, filtering, and purging. Each of these words describes a process in which substances are removed or extracted from a mixture or solution. Leaching is commonly used in mining and agriculture, where it is used to extract minerals and nutrients from soil and rocks. It is also used in environmental remediation to remove contaminants from soil and water. Synonyms for leaching are useful for describing these processes and can help to clarify discussions about environmental and mining issues.

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Usage examples for Leaching

There is no waste from leaching, as when the manure lies exposed to the weather.
"Economy of the Round Dairy Barn"
Wilber John Fraser
We want then to amend light soils by incorporating with them something that prevents the rains from leaching through them too rapidly, and also that renders them less open to the air, or absorbs and retains for the use of crops the volatile products of the decay of manures.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson
If two million pounds of normal surface soil contain 30,000 pounds of potassium, one inch an acre would contain 4500 pounds of that element; and if a third of this-1500 pounds-were removed by cropping and leaching before its removal by surface washing, then two-thirds of a century could be allowed for the erosion of one inch of soil, with crop yields of 50 bushels of wheat, 100 bushels of corn and oats, and 4 bushels of clover seed to the acre, provided the stalks, straw and clover hay were returned to the land, either directly or in farm manure.
"The Farm That Won't Wear Out"
Cyril G. Hopkins

Famous quotes with Leaching

  • We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.
    Peter Jennings
  • —On the dedication page of the rebellion, we see the words “To Clementine”. A fine sentiment, miscellaneous organ music next, and, turning several pages, massed orange flags at the head of the column. This will not be easy, but neither will it be hard. Good will is everywhere, and the lighthearted song of the gondoliers is heard in the distance. —Yes, success is everything. Morally important as well as useful in a practical way. —What have the rebels captured thus far? One zoo, not our best zoo, and a cemetery. The rebels have entered the cages of the tamer animals and are playing with them, gently. —Things can get better, and in my opinion will. —Their Graves Registration procedures are scrupulous—accurate and fair. —There’s more to it than playing guitars and clapping along. Although that frequently gets people in the mood. —Their methods are direct, not subtle. Dissolution, leaching, sandblasting, cracking and melting of fireproof doors, condemnation, water damage, slide presentations, clamps and buckles. —And skepticism, although absolutely necessary, leads to not very much.
    Donald Barthelme
  • With the tentacles of branding reaching into every crevice of youth culture, leaching brand-image content not only out of street styles like hip-hop but psychological attitudes like ironic detachment, the cool hunt has had to go further afield to find unpilfered space and that left only one frontier: the past.
    Naomi Klein

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