Meaning of lead | Babel Free

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1. A civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.
2. 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, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
   uncountable
3. 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, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum)
4. The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
   countable
5. To start moving or move more rapidly.
6. A city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
7. A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots
8. A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
   countable
9. Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
   countable
10. get the lead out, Slang. to move or work faster; hurry up.
11. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing
12. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
    countable, uncountable
13. An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
    UK, countable
14. Symbol Pb A soft, easily shaped, heavy, bluish-gray metallic element that is extracted chiefly from galena. It is very durable and resistant to corrosion and is a poor conductor of electricity. Lead is used to make radiation shielding and containers for corrosive substances. Atomic number 82. See Periodic Table. See Note at element.
    Symbol
15. Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading
16. Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
    uncountable
17. The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
    countable, uncountable
18. To go about the initial step in doing (something):approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake.
19. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs
20. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
    countable, uncountable
21. The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
    uncountable
22. To be the cause of:bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir (up), touch off, trigger.
23. A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
    countable
24. The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
    countable, uncountable
25. to deceive. om die bos lei يَخْدَع заблуждавам desencaminhar tahat za nos irreführen føre bag lyset εξαπατώengañar ninapidi vedama گول زدن pettää mener en bateau לְרָמוֹת धोखा देना zavarati becsap, átejt menyesatkan blekkja rigirare まどわす 속이다 apgauti, suvedžioti vazāt aiz deguna memperdaya om de tuin leidenføre bak lyset `wpuścić w maliny` غولول،دوكه وركول desencaminhar a înşela водить за нос ťahať za nos povleči koga za nos prevariti lura, vilseleda หลอกลวง kandırmak, aldatmak 矇騙 водити за ні...
26. A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
    countable
27. The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
    countable, uncountable
28. to progress towards; to contribute to. to lead up to a climax; the events leading up to the First World War. voer tot, geen aanleiding يُؤَدّي ، يَقود إلى водещ до conduzir vést k führen zu lede op til οδηγώ σε, καταλήγω llevar a, conducir a viima راه را برای چیزی یا کاری آماده کردن johtaa conduire à לִתרוֹם, לְהוֹבִיל परिणति की ओर ले जाना voditi vhová elvezet menuju vera undanfari, leiða til portare a ～へ導く 차츰 ...에 이르다 privesti iki pakāpeniski sagatavot menuju leiden totlede opp til (do)prowa...
29. Bullets; ammunition.
    countable, slang, uncountable
30. The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
    countable, uncountable
31. A channel of open water in an ice field.
    countable
32. to go first (especially to show the way). She led the way upstairs. baan die weg يسير في المُقَدِّمَه показвам пътя mostrar o caminho ukazovat cestu vorangehen gå først; vise vej δέιχνω το δρόμο enseñar/mostrar el camino teed näitama جلو رفتن johtaa passer devant לְהוֹבִיל אֶת הַדֶרֶך आगे चलना, मार्ग प्रदर्शन करना voditi előre megy jalan dulu fara fyrir, vísa veginn fare strada 案内する 앞장 서다 eiti priekyje, vesti rādīt ceļu; iet pirmajam jalan dulu untuk menunjukkan jalan voorgaanvise veien, lede...
    especially
33. X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
34. A lode.
    countable
35. To show the way to by going in advance: The host led us to our table. See Synonyms at guide.
36. The course of a rope from end to end.
    countable, uncountable
37. To guide or direct in a course: lead a horse by the halter.
38. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
    countable, uncountable
39. 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.
    countable, uncountable
40. The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
    countable, uncountable
41. The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
    countable, uncountable
42. Hypothesis that has not been pursued
    countable, uncountable
43. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
    countable, uncountable
44. Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
    countable, uncountable
45. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
    countable, uncountable
46. The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
    countable, uncountable
47. The 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.)
    US, countable, uncountable
48. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
    countable, uncountable
49. The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
    countable, uncountable
50. In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
    countable, uncountable
51. The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
    countable, uncountable
52. A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
    countable, uncountable
53. A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
    countable, uncountable
54. The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
    countable, uncountable
55. The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
    countable, uncountable
56. The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.”

“I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top.”

“These rooms were on a level with the apartments of our friends Bows and Costigan next door at No. 4; and by reaching over the communicating leads, Grady could command the mignonette-box which bloomed in Bows’s window.”

“They pumped him full of lead.”

“All my life I want money and power Respect my mind or die from lead shower”

“You must remember to wear your leads.”

“to take the lead”

“to be under the lead of another”

“At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, […] I am sure I did my country important service.”

“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.”

“Blackburn then regained the lead with a simplest of set-piece goals”

“The runner took his lead from first.”

“your partner has the lead”

“"You make moving pictures. In jungles and places." "That's me. And I've picked you for the lead in my next picture."”

“John is the development lead on this software product.”

“Usage note: When used alone it means outside lead, or lead for the admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release or exhaust.”

“The investigation stalled when all leads turned out to be dead ends.”

“The police have a couple of leads they will follow to solve the case.”

“Joe is a great addition to our sales team, he has numerous leads in the paper industry.”

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