I 1. имя существительное 1) пиявка Например: to apply leeches to — ставить пиявки to stick like a leech — пристать как пиявка medicinal leech — медицинская пиявка 2) вымогатель, кровопийца Синоним(ы): parasite 3) [устаревшее] врач, лекарь Синоним(ы): physician, surgeon 2. глагол 1) ставить пиявки 2) (leech onto) приставать к (кому-либо), привязываться, впиваться Например: A group of silly young girls leeched onto the popular singer. — Группа глупых молодых девиц облепила популярного певца. II имя существительное; [морское дело] боковая или задняя шкаторина (паруса)
I. noun Etymology: Middle English leche, from Old English lǣce; akin to Old High German lāhhi physician 1. archaic physician, surgeon 2. [from its former use by physicians for bleeding patients] any of numerous carnivorous or bloodsucking usually freshwater annelid worms (class Hirudinea) that have typically a flattened lanceolate segmented body with a sucker at each end 3. a hanger-on who seeks advantage or gain Synonyms: see parasite • leechlike adjective II. verb transitive verb 1. to bleed by the use of leeches 2. to drain the substance of; exhaust intransitive verb to attach oneself to a person as a leech III. noun also leach Etymology: Middle English leche; akin to Middle Low German līk boltrope 1. either vertical edge of a square sail 2. the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail
Someone who downloads files but provides nothing for others to download. The term is common on BitTorrent, which relies on having multiple sources for files to improve download speed.