åderlåta — meaning in English
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English meaning
- leech noun A blood-sucking worm that lives in water, sometimes used medicinally.
Senses
åderlåta is used for these senses in English:
- leech (transitive, literally) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
leech — full definition
- noun A blood-sucking worm that lives in water, sometimes used medicinally.
- noun A person who takes advantage of others without giving anything back.
- verb To drain something, such as money or resources, without contributing in return.