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English

{{rank|spite|built|lower|902|lead|wouldn't|success|instance}} {{elements|Pb|thallium|Tl|bismuth|Bi}}

Etymology 1

{{term|lead|lēad|lang=ang}}, from West , from a {{proto|Indo-European|plou(d)-|to flow}}. Cognate with Dutch , German {{term|Lot||plummet, sounding lead|lang=de}} Swedish and Danish .

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /lɛd/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-lead-past.ogg


Homophones


Noun

  1. A 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, Atomic weight 206.4, Specific Gravity 11.37, Symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
  2. A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
  3. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
  4. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
  5. In the Context of A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
  6. :* I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. — w:Francis Bacon|Bacon
  7. A cylinder of black lead or plumbago used in pencils.
  8. bullet
  9. : They filled him full of lead.


Derived terms


Translations
  • Afrikaans: {{t+|af|lood|xs=Afrikaans}}
  • Albanian: {{t-|sq|plumb|xs=Albanian}}
  • Arabic: {{t|ar|رصاص|m|tr=raʂá: ʂ|sc=Arab}}
  • Armenian: {{t-|hy|կապար|tr=kapar|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}}
  • Basque: {{t-|eu|beruna|xs=Basque}}
  • Belarusian: {{t|be|цвінец|m|tr=tsvinéts|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}}
  • Bosnian:
  • Breton: {{t|br|plom|m|xs=Breton}}, {{t|br|plomoù|p|xs=Breton}}
  • Bulgarian: {{t-|bg|олово|n|tr=olovo|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Catalan: {{t|ca|plom|m}}
  • Chinese: {{t-|cmn|鉛|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}, {{t-|cmn|铅|tr=qiān|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}
  • Cornish: {{t|kw|plom|xs=Cornish}}
  • Croatian:
  • Czech:
  • Danish:
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|lood|n}}
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|plumbo|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Estonian:
  • Faroese: {{t|fo|blýggj|xs=Faroese}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|plomb|m}}
  • Friulian: {{tø|fur|plomp|xs=Friulian}}
  • Galician: {{t+|gl|chumbo|xs=Galician}}
  • Georgian: {{t-|ka|ტყვია|tr=tqvia|xs=Georgian}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Blei|n}}
  • Greek, Modern: {{t+|el|μόλυβδος|m|tr=mólivðos|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew: {{t+|he|עופרת|tr=‘oferet|sc=Hebr}}
  • Hungarian:
  • Icelandic:
  • Indonesian: {{t-|id|timbal|xs=Indonesian}}
  • Irish: {{t|ga|luaidhe|xs=Irish}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|piombo|m}}
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|鉛|tr=なまり, namarí|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kazakh: {{t|kk|къогъасын|tr=qog”asın|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}}
  • Korean: {{t+|ko|납|tr=nap|sc=Hang}}, {{t-|ko|연|sc=Hang}} ({{t-|ko|鉛|tr=yeon|sc=Hani}})
  • Kurdish: {{t|ku|قورقوشم|sc=KUchar}}
  • Latin:
  • Latvian: {{t|lv|svins|xs=Latvian}}
  • Lithuanian: {{t|lt|švinas|m|xs=Lithuanian}}
  • Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|bläi|xs=Luxembourgish}}
  • Macedonian: {{t-|mk|олово|n|tr=olovo|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}
  • Malay: {{t-|ms|plumbum|xs=Malay}}
  • Malayalam: {{t|ml|കറുത്തീയം|tr=kaRutheeyam|xs=Malayalam}}
  • Maltese: {{t-|mt|ċomb|xs=Maltese}}
  • Manx: {{t|gv|leoaie|xs=Manx}}
  • Maori: {{t-|mi|matā|xs=Maori}}
  • Mongolian: {{t-|mn|хар|tr=khar|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}
  • Norwegian:
  • Persian: {{t|fa|سرب|tr=sorb|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|ołów|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|chumbo|m}}
  • Romanian: {{t+|ro|plumb|n}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|свинец|m|tr=svinéts|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|плюмбум|m|tr=pljúmbum|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Sardinian (Campidanese): {{tø|sc|prumu|m|xs=Sardinian}}
  • Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|luaidh|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
  • Serbian: {{t-|sr|олово|n|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t-|sr|olovo|n}}
  • Slovak:
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|svinec|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|plomo|m}}
  • Swedish:
  • Tajik: {{t|tg|surb|xs=Tajik}}
  • Tamil: {{t|ta|ஈயம்|tr=īyam|xs=Tamil}}
  • Telugu: {{t|te|సీసం|tr=seesam|sc=Telu}}
  • Thai: {{t|th|ตะกั้ว|tr=tàgûa|sc=Thai|xs=Thai}}
  • Turkish:
  • Ukrainian: {{t|uk|свинець|m|tr=svynéts’|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}
  • Uzbek: {{t|uz|кўогъшсин|tr=kŭog”şsin|sc=Cyrl|xs=Uzbek}}
  • Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|chì|xs=Vietnamese}}
  • Welsh: {{t|cy|plwm|xs=Welsh}}
  • West Frisian: {{t-|fy|lead|n|xs=West Frisian}}
  • Yiddish: {{t|yi|בליי|tr=blei|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}}
  • Dutch:
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|sondilo|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t-|de|Senkblei|n}}
  • Italian: {{t-|it|scandaglio|m}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|грузило|n|tr=gruzílo|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|свинцовый отвес|m|tr=svintsóvyj otvés|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|sonda|f}}, {{t|es|escandallo|m}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|шпон|m|tr=špon|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|шпона|tršpóna|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|шпоны|p|tr=špóny|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t|es|regleta|f}}, {{t|es|interlínea|f}}
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Mine|f}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|mina|f}}
  • Malayalam: {{t|ml|പെന്‍സില്‍ മുന|tr=pensil muna|xs=Malayalam}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|графит|m|tr=grafít|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|mina|f}}

Verb

  1. To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
  2. In the Context of To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.


Usage notes

Note carefully these two senses are verbs derived from the noun referring to the metallic element, and are unrelated to the heteronym defined below under #Etymology 2.

Translations
  • Russian: {{t|ru|свинцевать|tr=svintsevát’|sc=Cyrl}}

See also

Etymology 2

{{term|lædan|lǣdan|lang=ang}}, probably a causative form of {{term|liþan||travel|lang=ang}}. Cognate with Dutch , German , Swedish , Danish .

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /liːd/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-lead-present.ogg


Verb

{{en-verb|leads|leading|led|led}}

  1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.
  2. :* If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch. — w:John Wycliffe|John Wyclif on s:Bible_%28King_James%29/Matthew#Chapter_15|Matthew 15:14
  3. :* They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill. — s:Bible_%28King_James%29/Luke#Chapter_4|Luke 4:29
  4. :* In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. — w:John Milton|Milton
  5. To 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 lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler.
  6. :* The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way. — s:Bible_%28King_James%29/Exodus#Chapter_13|Exodus 13:21
  7. :* He leadeth me beside the still waters. — s:Bible_%28King_James%29/Psalms#Psalm_23|Psalms 23:2
  8. :* This thought might lead me through the world’s vain mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide. — w:John Milton|Milton.
  9. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party; to command, especially a military or business unit
  10. :* Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places. — w:Robert South|Robert South
  11. To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.
  12. :* As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. — w:Edward Fairfax|Edward Fairfax, translating w:Torquato Tasso|Tasso's ''w:Jerusalem Delivered|Jerusalem Delivered.
  13. :* And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. — w:Leigh Hunt|Leigh Hunt
  14. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.
  15. :* The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty.
  16. :* He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions. — w:Eikon Basilike|Eikon Basilike
  17. :* Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers lusts. — s:Bible_%28King_James%29/2_Timothy#Chapter_3|2 Timothy 3:6.
  18. To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
  19. :* That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. — s:Bible_%28King_James%29/1_Timothy#Chapter_2|1 Timothy 2:2
  20. :* Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. — w:Alfred Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson
  21. :* You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter. — w:Charles Dickens|Dickens
  22. {{context|transitive|cards|dominoes}} To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps
  23. : He led with a double five.
  24. To 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.
  25. To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race
  26. To have the highest interim score in a game
  27. To be more advanced in technology or business than others
  28. To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.
  29. :* The mountain-foot that leads towards Mantua. — w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare, s:The Two Gentlemen of Verona|Two Gentlemen of Verona, s:The_Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona#SCENE_2._The_same._A_room_in_the_DUKE.27S_palace.|V-ii
  30. To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
  31. To produce.
  32. : The shock led to a change in his behaviour.
  33. To step off base and move towards the next base.
  34. : The batter always leads off base.


Derived terms


Translations
  • Breton: {{t+|br|ren|xs=Breton}}, {{t+|br|kas|xs=Breton}}, {{t|br|bleinañ|xs=Breton}}
  • Czech:
  • Dutch:
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|konduki|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: , ,
  • German: ,
  • Hebrew: {{t|he|הוביל|tr=hovíl|sc=Hebr}}
  • Italian:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|導く|tr=みちびく, michibiku|sc=Jpan}}
  • Malayalam: {{t|ml|നയിയ്ക്കുക|tr=nayiykkuka|xs=Malayalam}}
  • Polish: , , , ,
  • Portuguese: ,
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|водить|tr=vodít’|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|вести|tr=vestí|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene:
  • Swedish: ,
  • West Frisian: {{t|fy|liede|xs=West Frisian}}
  • Dutch:
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|konduki|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: , ,
  • French:
  • Hebrew: {{t|he|הוביל|tr=hovíl|sc=Hebr}}
  • Italian:
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|案内する|tr=あんないする, annai surú|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|率いる|tr=ひきいる, hikiiru|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|導く|tr=みちびく, michibiku|sc=Jpan}}
  • Polish: , , , , , , ,
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|водить|tr=vodít’|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|вести|tr=vestí|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene:
  • Swedish:
  • West Frisian: {{t|fy|liede|xs=West Frisian}}
  • Dutch:
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|estri|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • Hebrew: {{t|he|הוביל|tr=hovíl|sc=Hebr}}, {{t-|he|הנהיג|tr=hinhíg|sc=Hebr}}
  • Italian:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|率いる|tr=ひきいる, hikiiru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Malayalam: {{t|ml|നയിയ്ക്കുക|tr=nayiykkuka|xs=Malayalam}}
  • Polish: , , , ,
  • Russian: {{t|ru|руководить|tr=rukovodít’|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene:
  • Swedish:
  • West Frisian: {{t|fy|liede|xs=West Frisian}}
  • Dutch:
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|antaŭiri|xs=Esperanto}} , {{t-|eo|antaŭi|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • Hebrew: {{t|he|הוביל|tr=hovíl|sc=Hebr}}, {{t-|he|הנהיג|tr=hinhíg|sc=Hebr}}
  • Polish: , ,
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|возглавлять|tr=vozglavlját’|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene:
  • Swedish:
  • Dutch:
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|logi|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • Hebrew: {{t|he|הוביל|tr=hovíl|sc=Hebr}}, {{t-|he|הנהיג|tr=hinhíg|sc=Hebr}}
  • Italian: ,
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|引く|tr=ひく, hiku|sc=Jpan}}
  • Polish:
  • Russian: {{t|ru|склонять|tr=sklonját’|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|приводить|tr=privodít’|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|привести|tr=privestí|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene:
  • Swedish:
  • Dutch:
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|sekvi|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • Hebrew: {{t|he|הוביל|tr=hovíl|sc=Hebr}}, {{t-|he|הנהיג|tr=hinhíg|sc=Hebr}}
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|komenci|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • Hebrew:
  • Italian:
  • Dutch: leiden naar
  • Finnish: ,
  • French:
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|komenciĝi|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Italian:

transitive:

intransitive:

Noun

  1. The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
  2. :* At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, . . . I am sure I did my country important service. — w:Edmund Burke|Edmund Burke
  3. Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat’s length, or of half a second; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
  4. When a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown
  5. : The runner took his lead from first.
  6. (cards and dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead.
  7. A channel of open water in an ice field.
  8. In the Context of A lode.
  9. The course of a rope from end to end.
  10. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
  11. In 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.
  12. * Usage note: When used alone it means outside lead, or lead for the admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release or exhaust.
  13. charging lead
  14. In the Context of The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
  15. In the Context of The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. — Claudias Saunier
  16. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
  17. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
  18. In the Context of Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
  19. : This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
  20. The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
  21. In the Context of A potential customer.
  22. A teaser; a lead in; the start of a newpaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how.


Usage notes

Note that these noun (attributive) uses are all derived from the verb, not the chemical element in #Etymology 1.

Derived terms


Translations
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|leiding|f}}, {{t+|nl|begeleiding|f}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Führung|f}}
  • Polish: {{t-|pl|prowadzenie|n}}
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|ledning|c}}
  • Dutch: leiding
  • Finnish: ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Führung|f}}, {{t+|de|Leitung|f}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|προβάδισμα|n|sc=Grek}} (provádisma)
  • Polish: {{t-|pl|prowadzenie|n}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|лидерство|n|tr=líderstvo|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|ledning|c}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|wyjście|n}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|ход|m|tr=khod|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|förhand|c}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|lood|n}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Ader|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|жила|f|tr=žíla|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|lengte|f}}
  • Dutch: leiband
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|laisse|f}}
  • Dutch: {{t-|nl|leidraad|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Spur|f}}

Adjective

  1. foremost|Foremost.
  2. : The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.


Synonyms

References

Category:1000 English basic words Category:English heteronyms Category:English homophones Category:English irregular verbs Category:English words with multiple etymologies

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Hungarian

Etymology

A compound of the coverb and the verb .

Verb

{{infl|hu|verb|infinitive|leadni}}

  1. To pass down, to hand down, to turn in, to drop off.


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Old English

Etymology

West {{proto|Germanic|louda|lang=ang}}.

Noun

{{infl|ang|noun|head=lēad|g=n}}

  1. #English|lead


ar:lead zh-min-nan:lead de:lead et:lead el:lead es:lead fa:lead fr:lead gl:lead ko:lead io:lead it:lead kk:lead ku:lead lo:lead la:lead lt:lead hu:lead nl:lead ja:lead pl:lead pt:lead ru:lead simple:lead fi:lead sv:lead ta:lead te:lead vi:lead uk:lead vo:lead zh:lead

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lead \Lead\ (l[e^]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le['a]d; akin
to D. lood, MHG. l[=o]t, G. loth plummet, sounding lead,
small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123.]
1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic
metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily
tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with
little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,
etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible
(melting point 327.5[deg] C), forms alloys with other
metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal.
Atomic number 82. Atomic weight, 207.2. Symbol Pb (L.
Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,
lead sulphide.
[1913 Webster]

2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:
(a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
(b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate
lines of type in printing.
(c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;
hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne
plates.
[1913 Webster]

I would have the tower two stories, and goodly
leads upon the top. --Bacon
[1913 Webster]

3. A small cylinder of black lead or graphite, used in
pencils.
[1913 Webster]

Black lead, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its
leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]

Coasting lead, a sounding lead intermediate in weight
between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.

Deep-sea lead, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in
water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.

Hand lead, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.


Krems lead, Kremnitz lead [so called from Krems or
Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,
formed into tablets, and called also Krems white, or
Kremnitz white, and Vienna white.

Lead arming, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.
See To arm the lead (below).

Lead colic. See under Colic.

Lead color, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.


Lead glance. (Min.) Same as Galena.

Lead line
(a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a
deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.
(b) (Naut.) A sounding line.

Lead mill, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.

Lead ocher (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.
Same as Massicot.

Lead pencil, a pencil of which the marking material is
graphite (black lead).

Lead plant (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus Amorpha
(Amorpha canescens), found in the Northwestern United
States, where its presence is supposed to indicate lead
ore. --Gray.

Lead tree.
(a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous
tree, Leuc[ae]na glauca; -- probably so called from
the glaucous color of the foliage.
(b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a
solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip
of zinc in lead acetate.

Mock lead, a miner's term for blende.

Red lead, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,
consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing
several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or
cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.

Red lead ore (Min.), crocoite.

Sugar of lead, acetate of lead.

To arm the lead, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a
sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature
of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.

To cast the lead, or To heave the lead, to cast the
sounding lead for ascertaining the depth of water.

White lead, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a
white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of
white paint.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lead \Lead\ (l[e^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leaded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Leading.]
1. To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing
leads the grooves of a rifle.
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2. (Print.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead
a page; leaded matter.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lead \Lead\ (l[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Led (l[e^]d); p. pr.
& vb. n. Leading.] [OE. leden, AS. l[=ae]dan (akin to OS.
l[=e]dian, D. leiden, G. leiten, Icel. le[imac][eth]a, Sw.
leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr. AS. li[eth]an to
go; akin to OHG. l[imac]dan, Icel. l[imac][eth]a, Goth.
lei[thorn]an (in comp.). Cf. Lode, Loath.]
1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some
physical contact or connection; as, a father leads a
child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a
blind man.
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If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in
the ditch. --Wyclif
(Matt. xv.
14.)
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They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto
the brow of the hill. --Luke iv. 29.
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In thy right hand lead with thee
The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. --Milton.
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2. To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain
place or end, by making the way known; to show the way,
esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence,
figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to
lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.
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The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a
cloud, to lead them the way. --Ex. xiii.
21.
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He leadeth me beside the still waters. --Ps. xxiii.
2.
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This thought might lead me through the world's vain
mask.
Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
--Milton.
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3. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or
charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a
search; to lead a political party.
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Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he
might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or
possess places. --South.
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4. To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be
foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet
of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads
the orators of all ages.
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As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. --Fairfax.
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And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. --Leigh
Hunt.
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5. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to
prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead
one to espouse a righteous cause.
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He was driven by the necessities of the times, more
than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of
actions. --Eikon
Basilike.
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Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers
lusts. --2 Tim. iii.
6 (Rev. Ver.).
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6. To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a
certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to
follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to
cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
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That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. --1
Tim. ii. 2.
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Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse
A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson.
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You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife
and daughter. --Dickens.
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7. (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with;
as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
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To lead astray, to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to
seduce from truth or rectitude.

To lead captive, to carry or bring into captivity.

To lead the way, to show the way by going in front; to act
as guide. --Goldsmith.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lead \Lead\, v. i.
1. To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before,
showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to
have precedence or pre["e]minence; to be first or chief;
-- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t.
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2. To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain
place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to
other vices.
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The mountain foot that leads towards Mantua. --Shak.
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To lead off or To lead out, to go first; to begin; as,
Mickey Mantle led off in the fifth inning of the game.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lead \Lead\, n.
1. The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as,
to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
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At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead,
. . . I am sure I did my country important service.
--Burke.
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2. Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of
precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a
boat's length, or of half a second.
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3. (Cards & Dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a
game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as,
your partner has the lead.
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4. An open way in an ice field. --Kane.
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5. (Mining) A lode.
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6. (Naut.) The course of a rope from end to end.
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7. (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.
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Note: When used alone it means outside lead, or lead for the
admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release
or exhaust.
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8. (Civil Engineering) the distance of haul, as from a
cutting to an embankment.
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9. (Horology) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel,
in impelling another tooth or a pallet. --Saunier.
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10. (Music.)
(a) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be
repeated by the other parts.
(b) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a
canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
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11. In an internal-combustion engine, the distance, measured
in actual length of piston stroke or the corresponding
angular displacement of the crank, of the piston from the
end of the compression stroke when ignition takes place;
-- called in full

lead of the ignition. When ignition takes place during the
working stroke the corresponding distance from the
commencement of the stroke is called

negative lead.
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12. (Mach.) The excess above a right angle in the angle
between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine,
on the same shaft.
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13. (Mach.) In spiral screw threads, worm wheels, or the
like, the amount of advance of any point in the spiral
for a complete turn.
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14. (Elec.)
(a) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a
continuous-current dynamo and the diameter
symmetrical between the poles.
(b) The advance of the current phase in an alternating
circuit beyond that of the electromotive force
producing it.
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15. (Theat.) A role for a leading man or leading woman; also,
one who plays such a role.
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16. The first story in a newspaper or broadcast news program.
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17. an electrical conductor, typically as an insulated wire
or cable, connecting an electrical device to another
device or to a power source, such as a conductor
conveying electricity from a dynamo.
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18. (Baseball) the distance a runner on base advances from
one base toward the next before the pitch; as, the long
lead he usually takes tends to distract the pitchers.
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Lead angle (Steam Engine), the angle which the crank maker
with the line of centers, in approaching it, at the
instant when the valve opens to admit steam.

Lead screw (Mach.), the main longitudinal screw of a lathe,
which gives the feed motion to the carriage.
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WordNet lead
n 1: a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white
when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull gray;
"the children were playing with lead soldiers" [syn: Pb,
atomic number 82]
2: an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the
lead at the last turn"
3: evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are
following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to
the perpetrator" [syn: track, trail]
4: a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the
lead'); "he takes the lead in any group"; "we were just
waiting for someone to take the lead"; "they didn't follow
our lead"
5: the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the
position of a moving target (correcting for the flight
time of the missile)
6: the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing
lead-in to a very serious matter" [syn: lead-in]
7: an actor who plays a principal role [syn: star, principal]
8: (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to
advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first"
9: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, steer,
confidential information, wind, hint]
10: a news story of major importance [syn: lead story]
11: the timing of ignition relative to the position of the
piston in an internal-combustion engine [syn: {spark
advance}]
12: restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to
restrain an animal [syn: leash, tether]
13: thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in
printing [syn: leading]
14: mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of
hardness; the marking substance in a pencil [syn: {pencil
lead}]
15: a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a
tangle of jumper cables and clip leads" [syn: {jumper
cable}, jumper lead]
16: the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead
was in the dummy"
v 1: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can
you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to
the palace" [syn: take, direct, conduct, guide]
2: result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her
blood left a stain on the napkin" [syn: leave, result]
3: tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments
among the guests"
4: travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession
was headed by John" [syn: head]
5: cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to
forge the checks"
6: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or
extend between two points or beyond a certain point;
"Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge
doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth
year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of
her personal assets" [syn: run, go, pass, extend]
7: be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" [syn: head]
8: be ahead of others; be the first; "she topped her class
every year" [syn: top]
9: be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead
to better writing" [syn: contribute, conduce]
10: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an
orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for
years" [syn: conduct, direct]
11: pass or spend; "lead a good life"
12: lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the
basement"; "The road runs South" [syn: go]
13: move ahead (of others) in time or space [syn: precede]
[ant: follow]
14: cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire
behind the cabinet" [syn: run]
15: preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn: moderate,
chair]
[also: led]
Moby Dictionary
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administrate , advance , advantage , affect , aim , aluminum , americium ,
antagonist , antecede , antecedence , antecedency , anteposition ,
anteriority , antetype , antihero , antitype , approach , archetype ,
arrow , ascendancy , attend , aureate , authority , ballast , bamboozle ,
bar , barium , be in front , be master , be responsible for ,
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bronze , bronzy , cable , cadmium , calcium , call forth ,
call the signals , cancel , captain , carriage horse , carry , carry on ,
cart horse , cast , catchword , cause , cavalry horse , cerium , cesium ,
chain , chair , chaperon , character , chief , chrome , chromium ,
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command , commence , compass needle , conduce , conduct , contribute ,
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coppery , cord , create , criterion , cue , cue word , cupreous , cuprous ,
custos , danseur noble , dean , deanship , deceive , decide , decoy ,
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draw down , draw on , dray horse , driving horse , drop , dysprosium ,
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enlist , entice , epitome , erbium , escort , esquire , europium ,
evidence , evoke , example , exceed , excel , excellence , exemplar ,
experience , expression mark , fat part , favor , feature attraction ,
feeder , fermata , ferrous , ferruginous , fill horse , filler ,
finger post , first , first tragedian , fist , flex , fool , foregoing ,
foremost , forerun , forge ahead , front , front position , fugleman ,
fugler , gadolinium , gallium , genotype , germanium , get ,
get ahead of , get before , get going , get moving , get to do ,
get under way , gigster , gilt , go , go ahead of , go before ,
go in advance , gold , gold-filled , gold-plated , golden , govern ,
governance , government , gravitate , greatness , guard , guidance ,
guide , guideboard , guidepost , hack , hackney , hand , handle ,
handling , have a tendency , have priority , have the start , head ,
head the line , head the table , head up , heading , headliner , heavy ,
heavy lead , herald , hero , heroine , hint , hold , hold a heading ,
holmium , honcho , hoodwink , hot lead , hour hand , hunter , husbandry ,
imitatee , inaugurate , incline , incomparability , index ,
index finger , indium , induce , influence , ingenue , inimitability ,
initiate , inspire , instigate , interest in , intimation , introduce ,
inveigle , invent , iridium , iron , ironlike , jeune premier , jument ,
key , key signature , key word , kick off , king , lanthanum , lap ,
le pas , lead astray , lead off , lead on , lead role , lead the dance ,
lead the way , leaden , leader , leadership , leading , leading lady ,
leading light , leading man , leading woman , lean , leash , ligature ,
light the way , lines , lithium , live , look to , lubber line ,
luminary , lure , lutetium , magnesia , magnesium , main , majority ,
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