Leach

Noun

 * 1) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
 * 2) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

Verb

 * 1)  To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
 * Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.

Thesaurus
abate, abrade, abstract, bate, bathe, bleed, bolt, brew, chemical solution, clarify, clear, colliquate, condense, curtail, cut, decoagulate, decoct, decoction, decrassify, decrease, deduct, deliquesce, depreciate, depurate, derogate, detract, diminish, discharge, disparage, dissolve, distill, douche, drain, drench, dribble, drip, dripple, drop, drouk, eat away, edulcorate, effuse, elute, emit, erode, essentialize, excrete, exfiltrate, extract, extravasate, exudate, exude, file away, filter, filtrate, fluidify, fluidize, flush, flux, fuse, give off, gurgle, hold in solution, imbrue, imbue, impair, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, infusion, inject, lave, leachate, lessen, liquefy, liquesce, liquidize, lixiviate, lixivium, macerate, melt, melt down, mixture, ooze, percolate, permeate, purify, rectify, reduce, reek, refine, remove, retrench, rinse, rub away, run, saturate, screen, seep, seethe, separate, shorten, sieve, sift, soak, sodden, solubilize, solution, solve, sop, souse, spiritualize, spurtle, steep, strain, subduct, sublimate, sublime, subtract, sweat, take away, take from, thaw, thin, thin out, transpire, transude, trickle, try, unclot, wash, waterlog, wear away, weed, weep, winnow, withdraw

Etymology
From leche:, from  *undefined:, from, from , from. Cognate with leccan:,  lacu:. More at,.

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * German: auswaschen


 * Russian: вымывать
 * Slovene: izlužiti

Anagrams

 * chela