Word: Leads
How to pronounce:
Verb
Definitions:
1. Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.
Example sentences: "She emerged leading a bay horse"
2. Be a route or means of access to a particular place or in a particular direction.
Example sentences: "The door led to a long hallway"
3. Be in charge or command of.
Example sentences: "A military delegation was led by the Chief of Staff"
4. Have the advantage over competitors in a race or game.
Example sentences: "He followed up with a break of 105 to lead 3-0"
5. Have or experience (a particular way of life)
Example sentences: "She's led a completely sheltered life"
Noun
Definitions:
1. The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.
Example sentences: "Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies"
2. A position of advantage in a contest; first place.
Example sentences: "The team burst into life and took the lead"
3. The chief part in a play or film.
Example sentences: "She had the lead in a new film"
4. A strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog or other domestic animal.
Example sentences: "The dog is our constant walking companion and is always kept on a lead"
5. A wire that conveys electric current from a source to an appliance, or that connects two points of a circuit together.
Example sentences: "There was a large metal case, with various wires, leads, and tubes connected."
6. The distance advanced by a screw in one turn.
Example sentences: "On a single thread screw the pitch and the lead are equal; on a double thread screw the lead is twice the pitch."
7. An artificial watercourse leading to a mill.
Noun
Definitions:
1. A soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. It has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.Used figuratively as a symbol of something heavy.
Example sentences: "There's evidence that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium can make osteoporosis worse."
2. An item or implement made of lead.
3. Graphite used as the part of a pencil that makes a mark.
Example sentences: "Scrawls done with a bit of pencil lead"
4. A blank space between lines of print.
Synonyms:
bring
cause
take
carry on
remove
bear
spearhead
head
chair
guide
plumbum
contribute
conduce
run
pass
leave
lie
result
primary
premier
prime
slate pencil
conduct
leader
principal
chief
top
moderate
wind
show
hint
leash
tether
direct
steer
precede
way
trail
pb
presiding
lede
foremost
tutor
coach
mentor
indication
Antonyms:
mislead
deceive
abide
expel
obey
Derivations:
leading
leader
leadership
leaded
leaden
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Leads in Other Languages...
Spanish: Llevar
German: Führen
French: Conduire
Italian: Portare
Turkish: Yönetmek
