LECH

Definition: LECH

LECH

Transitive verb

1. To lick.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "LECH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references)

"LECH" is a common misspelling or typo for: latch, leachy, leech.

Crosswords: LECH

English words defined with "LECH": lech after, Lech Walesa. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Lech

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Lech is a river in Austria and Germany. It is a tributary of the Danube and 248 km in length.

Its source is located in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, where the river rises from the Formarinsee (a lake) in the Alps. It runs northwards and crosses the German border forming the Lechfall, a 12 m high waterfall; afterwards the river enters a narrow gorge (Lechschlucht). Leaving the Alps, it enters the German state of Bavaria, runs through the city of Füssen and behind through the Forggensee (a lake).

The river flows further northwards through a region called the Lechrain and passes the cities of Schongau, Landsberg, Augsburg and Rain before entering the Danube close to Donauwörth.

Lech is also:

a football club from Poznan
a brand of popular Polish beer
a Slavic first name (e.g. Lech Walesa)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lech."

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Commercial Usage: LECH

Domain	Title
Books	Lech Walesa (Peacemakers) (reference) Lech Walesa: Champion of Freedom for Poland (People Who Made a Difference) [ABRIDGED] (reference) Lech Walesa: The Road to Democracy (Great Lives) (reference) My Brother Lech Walesa (reference) Strike for Freedom: The Story of Lech Walesa and Polish Solidarity (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Lech [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: LECH

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Non-Fiction Usage: LECH

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Poland	In November 1990, Lech Walesa was elected President for a 5-year term. (references)
	Poland	In December, Lech Walesa became the first popularly elected President of Poland. (references)
	Poland	At the first Solidarity national congress in September-October 1981, Lech Walesa was elected national chairman of the union. (references)
Political Economy	Poland	An additional group of AWS politicians led by Justice Minister Lech Kaczynski left AWS in June, and took the name Law and Justice (PiS). (references)
	Poland	Poland's President, who serves as the country's head of state, is Aleksander Kwasniewski, a former member of the pre-1989 communist party and founder of the post-1989 social democratic SLD. Kwasniewski defeated former Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa in Poland's second post war free Presidential election in November 1995 and was re-elected in 2000 to a second (and final) five-year term. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: LECH

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Bush	1989-1993	A year ago in Poland, Lech Walesa declared he was ready to open a dialogue with the Communist rulers of that country.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	When I met with Central Europe's leaders including Lech Walesa and Vaclav Havel, men who put their lives on the line for freedom, I told them that the security of their region is important to our country's security.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: LECH

"LECH" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.90% of the time. "LECH" is used about 82 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	93.9%	77	37,929
Noun (singular)	3.66%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.44%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	82	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: LECH

The following table summarizes the usage of "LECH" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Lech	Last name	300	28,738
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: LECH

Expressions using "LECH": lech after ♦ Lech Walesa. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LECH

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
lech walesa	79
lech	48
lech poznan	20
lech poznan.pl	20
am landsberg lech	19
lech hotel	13
lech poznan.pl	10
lech poznan	9
andrew lech	8
andrew keith lech	7
germany landsberg lech	5
lech austria	5
lech valesa	5
lech picture walesa	4
lech lecha	4
lech walensa	4
lech walsea	3
lech walesa	3
lech sport.pl	3
lech pulmolcare	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: LECH

Language		Translations for "LECH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Romanian		Umbla Dupã Femei (wench, womanize), Poftã Sexualã, A-i Fi Gândul Numai La Femei, Act Sexual. (various references)

Thai		อยากมีเพศสัมพันธ์กับ (คำสแลง) (lech after, lech for). (various references)

Turkish		Hırs Beslemek, Þehvet Düşkünü Olmak, Þehvet. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: LECH

Derivations
	Words beginning with "LECH": lechayim, lechayims, leched, lecher, lechered, lecheries, lechering, lecherous, lecherously, lecherousness, lecherousnesses, lechers, lechery, leches, leching, lechwe, lechwes. (additional references)
	Words ending with "LECH": cromlech. (additional references)
	Words containing "LECH": caleche, caleches, cromlechs, entelechies, entelechy, fleche, fleches, flechette, flechettes, parfleche, parfleches, steeplechase, steeplechaser, steeplechasers, steeplechases, steeplechasing, steeplechasings. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "LECH"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "LECH" (pronounced le"k)
3	l e" k	Fleck, lek.
2	-e" k	Beck, bedeck, check, deck, Exec, feck, geck, heck, Keck, neck, pech, Peck, rec, recheck, reck, sec, spec, speck, trek, wreck.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: LECH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-h-l"
	-1 letter: cel.
	-2 letters: eh, el, he.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-h-l"
	+1 letter: belch, chela, chiel, chile, chyle, leach, leech, letch, welch.
	+2 letters: bleach, blench, chaleh, chalet, chapel, chelae, chelas, chicle, chield, chiels, childe, chiles, chisel, choler, chyles, clench, cliche, cloche, clothe, fleche, fleech, flench, fletch, hackle, heckle, heliac, huckle, laches, leachy, leched, lecher, leches, lechwe, lichee, lichen, liches, louche, lychee, pleach, plench, schlep, thecal.
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