lixiviate
/lɪkˈsɪviˌeɪt/
verb
- To separate a soluble substance from a solid by washing or percolating with a liquid; to leach.
- The chemist used water to lixiviate the salt from the crushed ore.
- Farmers sometimes lixiviate nutrients from compost to create liquid fertilizer.
- In traditional soap-making, wood ash is lixiviated to obtain lye.