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lead

(l/E/d )

noun (n)

an advantage held by a competitor in a race(noun.attribute)

Example:
He took the lead at the last turn.

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a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey(noun.substance)

Example:
The children were playing with lead soldiers.

Synonym:
atomic number 82, pb

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evidence pointing to a possible solution(noun.cognition)

Example:
The police are following a promising lead.

Synonym:
track, trail

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a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead')(noun.act)

Example:
He takes the lead in any group.
We were just waiting for someone to take the lead.
They didn't follow our lead.

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the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)(noun.shape)

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the introductory section of a story(noun.communication)

Example:
It was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter.

Synonym:
lead-in, lede

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(sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning(noun.quantity)

Antonym:
deficit

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an actor who plays a principal role(noun.person)

Synonym:
principal, star

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(baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base(noun.location)

Example:
He took a long lead off first.

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an indication of potential opportunity(noun.communication)

Example:
A good lead for a job.

Synonym:
confidential information, hint, steer, tip, wind

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a news story of major importance(noun.communication)

Synonym:
lead story

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the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
spark advance

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restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
leash, tether

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thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
leading

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mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
pencil lead

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a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire(noun.artifact)

Example:
It was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads.

Synonym:
booster cable, jumper cable, jumper lead

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the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge(noun.act)

Example:
The lead was in the dummy.

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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, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.(noun)

source: webster1913
The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.(noun)

source: webster1913
The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

take somebody somewhere(verb.motion)

Example:
We lead him to our chief.

Synonym:
conduct, direct, guide, take

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have as a result or residue(verb.stative)

Synonym:
leave, result

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tend to or result in(verb.stative)

Example:
This remark lead to further arguments among the guests.

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travel in front of; go in advance of others(verb.motion)

Synonym:
head

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cause to undertake a certain action(verb.communication)

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stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point(verb.stative)

Synonym:
extend, go, pass, run

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be in charge of(verb.social)

Synonym:
direct, head

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be ahead of others; be the first(verb.stative)

Synonym:
top

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be conducive to(verb.social)

Example:
The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing.

Synonym:
conduce, contribute

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lead, as in the performance of a composition(verb.creation)

Synonym:
conduct, direct

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lead, extend, or afford access(verb.stative)

Synonym:
go

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move ahead (of others) in time or space(verb.motion)

Synonym:
precede
Antonym:
follow

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cause something to pass or lead somewhere(verb.stative)

Synonym:
run

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preside over(verb.communication)

Synonym:
chair, moderate

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To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preëminence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t.(verb)

source: webster1913

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