lead
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Is lead a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) 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).Synonyms: plumbumuncountable
2. (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.countable
3. (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.Examples: "This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines."uncountable
4. (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.Examples: "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."countable
5. (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.Synonyms: pencil leadcountable
6. (slang) Bullets; ammunition.Examples: "They pumped him full of lead."; "All my life I want money and power Respect my mind or die from lead shower"countableslanguncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.Examples: "continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle."transitive
2. (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.Examples: "to lead a page"; "leaded matter"historicaltransitive
verb (English)
1. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.Examples: "a father leads a child"; "a jockey leads a horse with a halter"; "a dog leads a blind man"transitive
2. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.Examples: "The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely."; "The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way."; "He leadeth me beside the still waters."transitive
3. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.Examples: "A good teacher should lead their students to the right answer."figurativelytransitive
4. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.Examples: "to lead a political party"; "to lead the search team"; "Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places."transitive
5. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.Examples: "The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty."; "That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life."; "Nor thou with shadow'd hint confuse / A life that leads melodious days."transitive
6. (intransitive) 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.intransitive
noun (English)
1. (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, courseExamples: "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."countable
2. (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.Examples: "the white horse had the lead."; "to be in the lead"; "She lost the lead."countable
3. (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.UKcountable
4. (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.Examples: "The runner took his lead from first."countableuncountable
5. (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so playedExamples: "your partner has the lead"uncountable
6. (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.Examples: ""You make moving pictures. In jungles and places." "That's me. And I've picked you for the lead in my next picture.""countableuncountable
adj (English)
1. (not comparable) Foremost.Examples: "The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position."; "For the first time ever, the senior architect and lead developer for a key enterprise system on NASA's ongoing Mars Exploration Rover mission shares the secrets to one of the most difficult technology tasks […]"Synonyms: first, front, head, leader, leadingnot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary