Definitions
1.verb(heading) To guide or conduct.
2.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.
3.verb(heading) To begin, to be ahead.
4.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"
5.verbTo tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place."the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices"
6.verbTo produce (with to)."The shock led to a change in his behaviour."
7.verb(transitive) To live or experience (a particular way of life).
8.adjectiveUnder somebody's control or leadership.