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elements|Pb|thallium|Tl|bismuth|Bi

Etymology 1
OE. term|lead|l�ad|langang, from West proto|Germanic|loudhom, from a proto|Indo-European|plou(d)-|to flow. Cognate with Dutch term|lood|langnl, German term|Lot||plummet, sounding lead|langde Swedish term|lod|langsv and Danish term|lod|lang=da.
:NOTE: For baseball senses, see #Etymology 2, below.

1. context|uncountable|element 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, Atomic weight 206.4, Specific Gravity 11.37, Symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
2. countable A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
3. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
4. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
5. context|in plural leads' A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.

#:Quotations
#:*I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. � Bacon

1. countable A cylinder of black lead or plumbago used in pencils.

Derived terms

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arm the lead
acetate of lead
black lead
blue lead
cast the lead
chromate of lead
coasting lead
cold lead
deep-sea lead
eka-lead
hand lead
heave the lead
lap in lead
lay in lead
lead accumulator
lead acetate
lead-acid battery
lead-arming
lead arsenate
lead-ash, lead-ashes
lead-back
lead balloon
lead-bath
lead-blue
lead bronze
lead-brown
lead bullion
lead-burn
lead burning
lead carbonate
lead cell
lead chamber
lead chloride
lead colic
lead color, lead colour
lead-colored, lead-coloured
lead-comb
lead crystal
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lead dichloride
lead dinitrate
lead dioxide
lead distemper
lead-eater
leaded
lead encephalopathy
lead-flat
lead-foot
lead-free
lead glance
lead glass
lead-glaze
lead-gray, lead-grey
lead hydrogen arsenate
lead in one's pencil
lead iodide
lead-light
lead-like
lead line
lead-man
lead-marcasite
lead mill
lead-nail
lead nitrate
lead ocher, lead ochre
lead oxide
lead paint
lead palsy
lead-paper
lead-papered
lead paralysis
lead pencil
lead plant
lead-plaster
lead peroxide
lead-pot
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lead-poisoning
lead ratio
lead-reeve
lead selenide
lead-sinker
lead-soap
lead-spar
lead-sugar
lead sulfide, lead sulphide
lead-swing
lead-swinger
lead-swinging
lead tetraethyl
lead tetroxide
lead-tin
lead-tree
lead vanadate
lead-vitriol
lead-wash
lead-water
lead wool
lead-work
lead-works
lead-wort
mock lead
pencil lead
red lead
red lead ore
sugar of lead
swing the lead
telluride of lead
tetraethyl lead
thorium lead
unleaded
uranium lead
uranium-lead dating
white lead
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black lead, (colloquial): graphite or plumbago � so called from its leadlike appearance and streak.
coasting lead, a sounding lead intermediate in weight between a hand lead and deep-sea lead
deep-sea lead, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. � Hamersley, Naval Encyclopaedia
hand lead: a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.
Krems lead, or Kremnitz lead, [so called from Krems or Kremnitz, in Austria]: a pure variety of white lead, formed into tablets, and called also Krems, or Kremnitz, white, and Vienna white.
lead arming: tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead. See To arm the lead (below).
lead colic: See under Colic
lead colour: a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead
lead glance, (Mineralogy): Same as Galena
lead line
::(a) (Medicine): A dark line along the gums produced by a deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.
::(b) (Nautical): A sounding line
lead mill: a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries
lead ocher, (Mineralogy): a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead. Same as Massicot
lead pencil, a pencil of which the marking material is graphite (black lead)
lead plant, (Botany): a low, leguminous plant, Amorpha canescens, found in the northwestern United States, where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore. � Asa Gray
lead tree:
::(a) (Botany): A West Indian name for the tropical leguminous tree, Leucæna glauca; � probably so called from the glaucous color of the foliage.
::(b) (Chemistry): Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip of zinc in lead acetate
mock lead: a miner�s term for blende
red lead: a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder, consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass
red lead ore, (Mineralogy): crocoite
sugar of lead, acetate of lead
To arm the lead, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering. � Hamersley, Naval Encyclopaedia
To cast, or heave, the lead: to cast the sounding lead for ascertaining the depth of water.
white lead, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of white paint.
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Translations
trans-top|chemical element
Afrikaans: t+|af|lood|xs=Afrikaans
Albanian: t-|sq|plumb|xs=Albanian
Arabic: t|ar|رصاص|m|trra�á: �|scARchar
Armenian: t-|hy|Õ¯Õ¡ÕºÕ¡Ö�|trkapar|scHayeren|xs=Armenian
Basque: t-|eu|beruna|xs=Basque
Belarusian: �в�не� (tsvinéts) m
Bosnian: t-|bs|olovo
Breton: plom m, plomoù p
Bulgarian: t-|bg|олово|n|trolovo|scCyrl
Catalan: t|ca|plom|m
Chinese: �, � (qi�n)
Cornish: t|kw|plom|xs=Cornish
Croatian: t-|hr|olovo
Czech: t+|cs|olovo
Danish: t-|da|bly
Dutch: t+|nl|lood|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|plumbo|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|plii
Faroese: t|fo|blýggj|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|lyijy
French: t+|fr|plomb|m
Frisian: t-|fy|lead|n
Friulian: plomp
Galician: chumbo
Georgian: ����� (tqvia)
German: t+|de|Blei|n
Greek, Modern: t|el|μ�λ�βδο�|m|trmólivðos|scGrek
Hebrew: ע�פרת (�oferet)
Hungarian: t+|hu|ólom
Icelandic: t+|is|blý
Indonesian: t-|id|timbal|xs=Indonesian
Irish: luaidhe
Italian: t+|it|piombo|m
Japanese: � (���, namarí)
Kazakh: к�ог�а��н (qog�asın)
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Korean: t+|ko|�|trnap|scHang, t-|ko|�|scHang (t-|ko|�|tryeon|sc=Hani)
Kurdish: t|ku|��ر��ش�|sc=KUchar
Latin: t+|la|plumbum
Latvian: t|lv|svins|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: t|lt|Å¡vinas|m|xs=Lithuanian
Luxembourgish: bläi
Macedonian: олово (olovo) n
Malay: t-|ms|plumbum|xs=Malay
Malayalam: �റ�ത�ത�യ� (kaRutheeyam)
Maltese: t-|mt|�omb|xs=Maltese
Manx: leoaie
Maori: t-|mi|mat�|xs=Maori
Mongolian: t-|mn|�а�|trkhar|scCyrl|xs=Mongolian
Norwegian: t+|no|bly
Persian: FAchar|سرب (sorb)
Polish: t-|pl|o�ów|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|chumbo|m
Romanian: t+|ro|plumb|n
Russian: �вине� (svinéts) m, пл�мб�м (pljúmbum) m
Sardinian (Campidanese): prumu m
Scottish Gaelic: luaidh
Serbian: олово (olovo) n
Slovak: t-|sk|olovo
Slovene: svinec m
Spanish: t+|es|plomo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|bly
Tajik: surb
Tamil: �யம� (īyam)
Telugu: స�స� (seesam)
Thai: THchar|�ะ�ั�ว (tàgûa)
Turkish: t+|tr|kur�un
Ukrainian: �вине�� (svynéts�) m
Uzbek: к�ог���ин (kŭog��sin)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|chì|xs=Vietnamese
Welsh: plwm
Yiddish: ���� (blei)
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trans-top|plummet to measure depth of water
Dutch: dieplood
Esperanto: t-|eo|sondilo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|luoti
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German: t-|de|Senkblei|n
Italian: t-|it|scandaglio|m
Russian: г��зило (gruzílo) n, �вин�ов�й о�ве� (svintsóvyj otvés) m
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trans-top|separator line in print
Russian: �пон (špon) m, �пона (špóna) f, �пон� (špóny) p
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trans-top|sheets or plates covering a roof
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trans-top|roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates
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trans-top|refill for writing tool
Dutch: stift
Finnish: t+|fi|lyijy
German: t-|de|Mine|f
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Italian: t+|it|mina|f
Malayalam: പ�ന��സില�� മ�ന (pensil muna)
Russian: г�а�и� (grafít) m
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ttbc|Kashubian: ò�ów
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
2. context|transitive|printing To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.

Usage notes
Note carefully these two senses are verbal noun uses of the element, not the homophone. See #Etymology 2 below.

Translations
trans-top|to cover, fill, or affect with lead
Finnish: täyttää lyijyllä, peittää lyijyllä, täyttyä lyijyyn, peittyä lyijyyn
German: t-|de|verbleien
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Russian: �вин�ева�� (svintsevát�)
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trans-top|printing: place leads between the lines of
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ttbc|Esperanto plumbi
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Etymology 2
OE. term|lædan|lǣdan|langang, probably a causative form of term|liþan||travel|langang. Cognate with Dutch term|leiden|langnl, German term|leiten|langde, Swedish term|leda|langsv, Danish term|lede|langda.

Pronunciation
enPR|l�d, IPA|/li�d/, SAMPA|/li:d/
audio|en-us-lead-present.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb|leads|leading|led|led

1. transitive To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.

#:*If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch. � John Wyclif on Matthew 15:14
#:*They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill. � ''Luke 4:29
#:*In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. � w:John Milton|John Milton

1. transitive To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler.

#:*The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way. � Exodus 13:21
#:*He leadeth me beside the still waters. � Psalms 23:2
#:*This thought might lead me through the world�s vain mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide. � Milton.

1. transitive To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party; to command, especially a military or business unit

#:*Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places. Robert South?. could be Wilton or Eudora.

1. transitive To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.

#:*As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. � Fairfax.
#:*And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. � Leigh Hunt

1. transitive To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.

#:*He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions. � Eikon Basilike
#:*Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers lusts. � 2 Timothy 3:6 (Revised version).

1. transitive To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).

#:*That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. � 1 Timothy 2:2
#:*Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. � Alfred Tennyson
#:*You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter. � Charles Dickens

1. context|transitive|cards|dominoes To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
2. intransitive 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 the transitive verb.
3. intransitive To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race
4. intransitive To have the highest interim score in a game
5. intransitive To be more advanced in technology or business than others
6. intransitive To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.

#:*The mountain foot that leads towards Mantua. � Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona V-ii

1. intransitive To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
2. baseball To step off base and move towards the next base.

#: The batter always leads off base.

Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from the verb "to lead"
lead astray
lead captive
leader
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leading pos_a
lead the way
take the lead
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To lead astray, to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to seduce from truth or rectitude
To lead captive, to carry or bring into captivity
To lead the way, to show the way by going in front; to act as guide. � Oliver Goldsmith
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Translations
trans-top|guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection
Breton: ren, kas, bleinañ
Czech: t+|cs|vést
Dutch: t+|nl|leiden
Esperanto: t-|eo|konduki|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|johdattaa, t-|fi|opastaa, t+|fi|ohjata
Italian: t+|it|condurre
German: t+|de|führen, t+|de|leiten
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|hovíl
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (����, michibiku)
Malayalam: നയിയ������ (nayiykkuka)
Polish: t-|pl|prowadzi�, t-|pl|poprowadzi�, t-|pl|zaprowadzi�, t-|pl|doprowadza�, t-|pl|przeprowadza�
Portuguese: t+|pt|guiar, t-|pt|conduzir
Russian: t+|ru|води��|trvodít�|scCyrl, t|ru|ве��и|trvestí|scCyrl
Slovene: t-|sl|voditi
Swedish: t+|sv|leda, t-|sv|föra
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trans-top|guide or conduct in a certain course
Dutch: t+|nl|leiden
Esperanto: t-|eo|konduki|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|johdattaa, t-|fi|opastaa, t+|fi|johtaa
French: t+|fr|mener
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|hovíl
Italian: t+|it|condurre
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Japanese: ���� (������, annai surú), ��� (����, hikiiru), �� (����, michibiku)
Polish: t-|pl|kierowa�, t-|pl|prowadzi�, t-|pl|poprowadzi�, t-|pl|zaprowadzi�, t-|pl|doprowadza�, t-|pl|przeprowadza�, t-|pl|wskazywa�, t-|pl|pokazywa�
Russian: води�� (vodít�), ве��и (vestí)
Slovene: t-|sl|voditi
Swedish: t+|sv|leda
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trans-top|conduct or direct with authority
Dutch: t+|nl|leiden
Esperanto: t-|eo|estri|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|johtaa, t+|fi|vetää
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|hovíl, he-translation|�נ���|hinhíg
Italian: t+|it|condurre
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Japanese: ��� (����, hikiiru)
Malayalam: നയിയ������ (nayiykkuka)
Polish: t-|pl|kierowa�, t-|pl|prowadzi�, t-|pl|dowodzi�, t-|pl|przewodzi�, t-|pl|poprowadzi�
Russian: ��ководи�� (rukovodít�)
Slovene: t-|sl|voditi
Swedish: t+|sv|leda
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trans-top|go or be in advance of; precede
Dutch: t+|nl|leiden
Esperanto: antaÅ­iri (go), antaÅ­i (be)
Finnish: t+|fi|johtaa
French: t+|fr|mener
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|hovíl, he-translation|�נ���|hinhíg
trans-mid
Polish: t-|pl|prowadzi�, t-|pl|przewodzi�, t-|pl|poprzedza�
Russian: возглавл��� (vozglavlját�)
Slovene: t-|sl|voditi
Swedish: t+|sv|leda
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trans-top|draw or direct by influence
Dutch: t+|nl|leiden
Esperanto: t-|eo|logi|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|johdattaa, t+|fi|ajaa
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|hovíl, he-translation|�נ���|hinhíg
Italian: t+|it|convincere, t-|it|influenzare
Japanese: �� (��, hiku)
trans-mid
Polish: t-|pl|prowadzi�
Russian: �клон��� (sklonját�), п�иводи�� (privodít�), п�иве��и (privestí)
Slovene: t-|sl|voditi
Swedish: t+|sv|leda
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trans-top|guide or conduct oneself
Dutch: t+|nl|leiden
Esperanto: t-|eo|sekvi|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|viedä, t+|fi|johtaa
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|hovíl, he-translation|�נ���|hinhíg
Italian: t+|it|comportarsi
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Japanese: �� (����, michibiku)
Polish: t-|pl|prowadzi� si�
Russian: води���� (vodít�sja), ве��и�� (vestís�)
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trans-top|begin a game of cards or dominoes
Esperanto: t-|eo|komenci|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|aloittaa
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|hovíl
Italian: t-|it|essere di mano
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Polish: t-|pl|wychodzi�
Russian: �оди�� �#Russian|� (�odít� s +genitive pl), ид�и|пой�и �#Russian|� (pojtí s +genitive pl)
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trans-top|intransitive: to guide or conduct
Dutch: leiden, begeleiden, meevoeren
Esperanto: t-|eo|konduki|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|johtaa
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|hovíl, he-translation|�נ���|hinhíg
Italian: t+|it|comportarsi
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Japanese: ���� (������, annai-suru), ��� (����, hikiiru), �� (����, michibiku)
Polish: t-|pl|prowadzi�
Russian: п�оводи�� (provodít�)
Slovene: t-|sl|voditi
Swedish: t+|sv|leda
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trans-top|intransitive: be ahead of others
Dutch: aanvoeren, vooroplopen
Esperanto: t-|eo|antaÅ­i|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|johtaa
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|hovíl
Italian: t-|it|andare avanti
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Polish: t-|pl|prowadzi�, t-|pl|przewodzi�, t-|pl|poprzedza�
Russian: лиди�ова�� (lidírovat�)
Slovene: t-|sl|voditi
Swedish: t+|sv|leda
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trans-top|intransitive: have the highest interim score in a game
Dutch: aanvoeren, vooroplopen
Finnish: t+|fi|johtaa
French: t+|fr|mener
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|hovíl
Italian: t-|it|essere in testa
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Japanese: ����� (�����, līdo-suru)
Polish: t-|pl|prowadzi�
Russian: в�иг��ва�� (vyígryvat�)
Slovene: t-|sl|voditi
Swedish: t+|sv|leda
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trans-top|intransitive: be more advanced
Finnish: johtaa, olla edellä
French: t+|fr|mener
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|hovíl
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Polish: t-|pl|przodowa�, t-|pl|prowadzi�
Russian: опе�ежа�� (operežat�)
Swedish: t+|sv|leda
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trans-top|intransitive: tend or reach in a certain direction
Dutch: leiden naar
Finnish: t+|fi|johtaa, t+|fi|viedä
French: t+|fr|mener
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Japanese: ��� (����, tassuru), ���� (������, t�tatsu-suru)
Polish: t-|pl|prowadzi�
Russian: п�оводи�� (provodít�)
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trans-top|intransitive: to go first
Esperanto: t-|eo|komenci�i|xs=Esperanto
Hebrew: he-translation|�ת���|hitkhíl
Italian: t-|it|andare avanti
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Polish: t-|pl|prowadzi�
Russian: на�ина�� (na�inát�)
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transitive:
ttbc|Frisian: stjoere (1), liede (2)
ttbc|Greek, Ancient: unicode|�γ� (ágo)
ttbc|Latin: ducere
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intransitive:
ttbc|Breton: bezañ e penn, bezañ o charreat
ttbc|Catalan: guiar
ttbc|Esperanto: poentantaŭi or antaŭi poente (10), antaŭeniri�i (11)
ttbc|German: führen
ttbc|Indonesian: pimpin, bimbing, tffuntun
ttbc|Romanian: a conduce, a îndruma
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Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.

#:Quotations
#:*At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, . . . I am sure I did my country important service. � Edmund Burke

1. uncountable Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat�s length, or of half a second; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
2. baseball When a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown

#:The runner took his lead from first.

1. uncountable (cards and dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead.
2. countable A channel of open water in an ice field.
3. context|countable|mining A lode.
4. nautical The course of a rope from end to end.
5. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
6. 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.

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

1. charging lead
2. context|civil engineering The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
3. context|horology The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. � Claudias Saunier
4. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
5. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
6. context|uncountable|typography Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.

#:This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.

1. curling The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
2. context|marketing A potential customer.
3. newspapers A teaser; a lead in; the start of a newpaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how.

Usage notes
Note that these noun (attributive) uses are all derived from the verb, not the chemical element in #Etymology 1.

Derived terms
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lead angle
lead in
lead role
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lead screw
take the lead
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lead angle, (Steam Engine): the angle which the crank maker with the line of centers, in approaching it, at the instant when the valve opens to admit steam
lead screw, (Machines): the main longitudinal screw of a lathe, which gives the feed motion to the carriage.
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Translations
trans-top|act of leading or conducting
Dutch: leiding f, begeleiding f
Finnish: t+|fi|johto, t-|fi|johtaminen
German: t-|de|Führung|f
trans-mid
Polish: t-|pl|prowadzenie|n
Swedish: t-|sv|ledning|c
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trans-top|precedence; advance position
Dutch: leiding f
Finnish: t+|fi|johto, t-|fi|johtoasema
German: t-|de|Führung|f, t+|de|Leitung|f
Greek: t|el|��οβάδι�μα|n|sc=Grek (provádisma)
trans-mid
Polish: t-|pl|prowadzenie|n
Russian: лиде���во (líderstvo) n
Swedish: t-|sv|ledning|c
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trans-top|in cards and dominoes
Polish: t-|pl|wyj�cie|n
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|�од|m|trkhod|scCyrl
Swedish: t-|sv|förhand|c
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trans-top|channel of open water in an ice field
trans-mid
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trans-top|mining: a lode
Dutch: t+|nl|lood|n
German: t+|de|Ader|f
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|жила|f|tržíla|scCyrl
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trans-top|nautical: course of a rope from end to end
Dutch: t+|nl|lengte|f
trans-mid
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trans-top|a leash
Dutch: leiband m
Finnish: t-|fi|talutushihna
French: t+|fr|laisse|f
trans-mid
German: t+|de|Leine|f
Polish: t-|pl|smycz|f
Russian: п�ив�з� (prívjaz�) f; повод (póvod) m; поводок (povodók) m
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trans-top|in a steam engine
trans-mid
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trans-top|civil engineering: distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment
trans-mid
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trans-top|horology: action of a tooth
trans-mid
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trans-top|information obtained by a detective or police officer
trans-mid
Polish: trop#Polish|trop m, cynk qualifier|slang m
Russian: наводка (navódka) f
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trans-top|information obtained by a news reporter
Dutch: t-|nl|leidraad|m
trans-mid
Polish: trop#Polish|trop m, cynk qualifier|slang m
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trans-top|typography: vertical space
trans-mid
Russian: ин�е�лин��ж (interlinjáž) m, меж���о�ное �а���о�ние (mežstró�noje rasstojánije) n
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ttbc|Breton: roll#Breton|roll m, rolloù p, delc�her en e roll / gant ar roll
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Adjective
en-adj|-

1. not comparable foremost|Foremost.

#:The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.

Synonyms
top2
first
foremost
front
mid2
head
leader <!-- adjective derived from the noun, not comparative -->
leading

See also
top4
anglesite
aplomb
cerussite
galena
litharge
plumb
plumb-, plumbo-
plumbagin
plumbago
mid4
plumballophane
plumbane
plumbary
plumbate
plumbator
plumb dulcis
plumbean
plumbeous
plumber
mid4
plumbian
plumbic
plumbicon
plumbiferous
plumbine
plumbing
plumbism
plumbisolvency
plumbisolvent
mid4
plumbite
plumb-joint
plumbless
plumbly
plumbous
plumby
plummet
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References
R:1913

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English heteronyms
Category:English homophones
Category:English irregular verbs
Category:English words with multiple etymologies

Hungarian

Etymology
A compound of the coverb term|le|langhu and the verb term|ad|langhu.

Verb
infl|hu|verb|infinitive|leadni

1. To pass down, to hand down, to turn in, to drop off.

Old English

Etymology
West proto|Germanic|lauda|lang=ang.

Noun
infl|ang|noun|headl�ad|gn

1. #English|lead

ar:lead
zh-min-nan:lead
de:lead
et:lead
el:lead
es:lead
fa:lead
fr:lead
gl:lead
ko:lead
io:lead
it:lead
kk:lead
la:lead
hu:lead
ja:lead
pl:lead
pt:lead
ru:lead
simple:lead
fi:lead
sv:lead
ta:lead
te:lead
vi:lead
uk:lead
vo:lead
zh:lead

• 2007-11-27 11:01 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for sl, ru

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