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1.NounA heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
2.NounA plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
3.NounA thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
4.NounVertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading."This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines."
5.NounSheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
6.NounA roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
7.NounA thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
8.NounBullets; ammunition."They pumped him full of lead."
9.NounX-ray protective clothing lined with lead."You must remember to wear your leads."
10.VerbTo cover, fill, or affect with lead."continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle."
11.VerbTo place leads between the lines of."to lead a page; leaded matter"
12.VerbTo guide or conduct.
To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection."a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man; The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely.; A good teacher should lead their students to the right answer.; to lead a political party; to lead the search team; to lead someone to a righteous cause; The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty."
13.VerbTo guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection."a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man"
14.VerbTo guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions."The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely."
15.Verb: To direct; to counsel; to instruct."A good teacher should lead their students to the right answer."
16.VerbTo conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit."to lead a political party; to lead the search team"
17.VerbTo draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure."to lead someone to a righteous cause"
18.VerbTo influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc."The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty."
19.VerbTo guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
20.VerbTo begin, to be ahead.
To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among."the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages; The standard-bearers led and the rest of the marchers followed.; It leads in the information technology sector.; to lead trumps; He led the ace of spades.; The batter always leads off base."
21.VerbTo go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among."the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages"
22.VerbTo proceed in front of others; to go first."The standard-bearers led and the rest of the marchers followed."
23.VerbTo be more advanced in technology or business than others."It leads in the information technology sector."
24.VerbTo begin a game, round, or trick, with"to lead trumps; He led the ace of spades.; The batter always leads off base."
25.VerbTo begin a game, round, or trick, with"to lead trumps; He led the ace of spades."
26.VerbTo be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
27.VerbTo have the highest interim score in a game.
28.VerbTo step off base and move towards the next base."The batter always leads off base."
29.VerbTo aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
30.VerbTo lead climb. (clarification of this definition is needed ("to lead climb" is intransitive(?)))
31.VerbTo tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place."the path leads to the mill"
32.VerbTo be a cause of. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with to]"gambling leads to other vices"
33.VerbTo live or experience (a particular way of life).
34.VerbUsed in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
35.VerbMisspelling of led.
36.NounThe act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course"to take the lead; to be under the lead of another"
37.NounPrecedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game."the white horse had the lead.; to be in the lead; She lost the lead.; Smith managed to extend her lead over the second place to half a second."
38.NounAn insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
39.NounThe situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown."The runner took his lead from first."
40.NounThe act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played"your partner has the lead"
41.NounThe main role in a play or film; the lead role.
42.NounThe actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
43.NounThe person in charge of a project or a work shift etc."John is the development lead on this software product."
44.NounA channel of open water in an ice field.
45.NounA lode.
46.NounThe course of a rope from end to end.
47.NounA rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
48.NounIn a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
49.NounThe distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
50.NounThe action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
51.NounHypothesis that has not been pursued"The investigation stalled when all leads turned out to be dead ends."
52.NounInformation obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident."The police have a couple of leads they will follow to solve the case."
53.NounPotential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer."Joe is a great addition to our sales team, he has numerous leads in the paper industry."
54.NounInformation obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
55.NounThe player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
56.NounThe introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
57.NounAn important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
58.NounThe axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
59.NounIn a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
60.NounThe announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
61.NounA mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
62.NounA primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
63.NounThe excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
64.NounThe angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
65.NounThe advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
66.AdjectiveForemost."The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position."
67.AdjectiveMain, principal, primary, first, chief, foremost."the lead guitarist in band; the lead developer on a software project"
68.VerbMisspelling of led.