leached
Seeped away gradually
Leached describes something that has had substances washed out of it by liquid passing through.
Soil becomes leached when rain carries away its nutrients.
The past tense of leach, it appears in contexts from agriculture to chemistry: The leached soil could no longer support crops.
Figuratively, something leached has been drained of vitality or value: a leached-out landscape, leached of all color.
Emptied of resources
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- sappedDepleted of vitality
stripped · extracted · washed-out · emptied · reduced · deprived · lost · removed
Low in essential compounds
- infertileUnable to produce offspring
- barrenUnable to produce
- acidicBelow neutral pH
- erodedGradually degraded by elements
sandy · overfarmed · degraded · compacted · unproductive · arid · salinized · depleted
Liquid passing through pores
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- extractionAct of removing
separation · acid · effluent · contaminant · solute · precipitate · aqueous · ore
drained
Emptied of resources
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- diminishedMade or became smaller
sapped · stripped · extracted · washed-out · emptied · reduced · deprived · lost · removed · dissolved
nutrient-poor
Low in essential compounds
eroded · sandy · overfarmed · degraded · compacted · unproductive · arid · salinized · depleted · topsoil
percolation
Liquid passing through pores
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
extraction · separation · acid · effluent · contaminant · solute · precipitate · aqueous · ore · tailings
pale
Lacking color intensity
- washed-outLacking original vibrancy
- colorlessDevoid of pigmentation
- dullLacking edge or interest
blanched · lightened · desaturated · muted · pallid · ashen · drained · sun-faded · weathered · whitened
leachedabsorbed
Took in fully
retained · accumulated · deposited · infused · saturated
leachednutrient-rich
Containing abundant nourishment
enriched · fertile · mineralized · fortified · replenished
- leach fieldSubsurface wastewater dispersal system
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