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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.noun(plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
7.nounA thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
8.nounBullets; ammunition."They pumped him full of lead."
9.verbTo cover, fill, or affect with lead"continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle."
10.verbTo place leads between the lines of."leaded matter"