[leed] 
verb, led, lead⋅ing, noun, adjective | 1. | to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike. |
| 2. | to conduct by holding and guiding: to lead a horse by a rope. |
| 3. | to influence or induce; cause: Subsequent events led him to reconsider his position. |
| 4. | to guide in direction, course, action, opinion, etc.; bring: You can lead her around to your point of view if you are persistent. |
| 5. | to conduct or bring (water, wire, etc.) in a particular course. |
| 6. | (of a road, passage, etc.) to serve to bring (a person) to a place: The first street on the left will lead you to Andrews Place. |
| 7. | to take or bring: The prisoners were led into the warden's office. |
| 8. | to command or direct (an army or other large organization): He led the Allied forces during the war. |
| 9. | to go at the head of or in advance of (a procession, list, body, etc.); proceed first in: The mayor will lead the parade. |
| 10. | to be superior to; have the advantage over: The first baseman leads his teammates in runs batted in. |
| 11. | to have top position or first place in: Iowa leads the nation in corn production. |
| 12. | to have the directing or principal part in: The minister will now lead us in prayer. He led a peace movement. |
| 13. | to act as leader of (an orchestra, band, etc.); conduct. |
| 14. | to go through or pass (time, life, etc.): to lead a full life. |
| 15. | Cards. to begin a round, game, etc., with (a card or suit specified). |
| 16. | to aim and fire a firearm or cannon ahead of (a moving target) in order to allow for the travel of the target while the bullet or shell is reaching it. |
| 17. | Football. to throw a lead pass to (an intended receiver): The quarterback led the left end. |
| 18. | to act as a guide; show the way: You lead and we'll follow. |
| 19. | to afford passage to a place: That path leads directly to the house. |
| 20. | to go first; be in advance: The band will lead and the troops will follow. |
| 21. | to result in; tend toward (usually fol. by to): The incident led to his resignation. One remark often leads to another. |
| 22. | to take the directing or principal part. |
| 23. | to take the offensive: The contender led with a right to the body. |
| 24. | Cards. to make the first play. |
| 25. | to be led or submit to being led, as a horse: A properly trained horse will lead easily. |
| 26. | Baseball. (of a base runner) to leave a base before the delivery of a pitch in order to reach the next base more quickly (often fol. by away). |
| 27. | lead back, to play (a card) from a suit that one's partner led. |
| 28. | the first or foremost place; position in advance of others: He took the lead in the race. |
| 29. | the extent of such an advance position: He had a lead of four lengths. |
| 30. | a person or thing that leads. |
| 31. | a leash. |
| 32. | a suggestion or piece of information that helps to direct or guide; tip; clue: I got a lead on a new job. The phone list provided some great sales leads. |
| 33. | a guide or indication of a road, course, method, etc., to follow. |
| 34. | precedence; example; leadership: They followed the lead of the capital in their fashions. |
| 35. | Theater.
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| 36. | Cards.
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| 37. | Journalism.
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| 38. | Electricity. an often flexible and insulated single conductor, as a wire, used in connections between pieces of electric apparatus. |
| 39. | the act of taking the offensive. |
| 40. | Nautical.
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| 41. | Naval Architecture. the distance between the center of lateral resistance and the center of effort of a sailing ship, usually expressed decimally as a fraction of the water-line length. |
| 42. | an open channel through a field of ice. |
| 43. | Mining.
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| 44. | the act of aiming a gun ahead of a moving target. |
| 45. | the distance ahead of a moving target that a gun must be aimed in order to score a direct hit. |
| 46. | Baseball. an act or instance of leading. |
| 47. | Manège. (of a horse at a canter or gallop) the foreleg that consistently extends beyond and strikes the ground ahead of the other foreleg: The horse is cantering on the left lead. |
| 48. | most important; principal; leading; first: lead editorial; lead elephant. |
| 49. | Football. (of a forward pass) thrown ahead of the intended receiver so as to allow him to catch it while running. |
| 50. | Baseball. (of a base runner) nearest to scoring: They forced the lead runner at third base on an attempted sacrifice. |
| 51. | lead off,
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| 52. | lead on,
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| 53. | lead out,
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| 54. | lead someone a chase or dance, to cause someone difficulty by forcing to do irksome or unnecessary things. |
| 55. | lead the way. way (def. 35). |
| 56. | lead up to,
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lead 2 (lěd)
n.
Symbol Pb
A soft ductile dense metallic element. Atomic number 82; atomic weight 207.19; melting point 327.5°C; boiling point 1,749deg;C; specific gravity 11.35; valence 2, 4.
| lead (lěd) Pronunciation Key
Symbol Pb A soft, ductile, 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. It was once commonly used in pipes, solder, roofing, paint, and antiknock compounds in gasoline, but its use in these products has been curtailed because of its toxicity. Atomic number 82; atomic weight 207.2; melting point 327.5°C; boiling point 1,744°C; specific gravity 11.35; valence 2, 4. See Periodic Table. See Note at element. |