ALL meanings of lead
lead
L l - verb transitive lead to direct, conduct, or serve as the leader or conductor of (an orchestra, ballet, etc.) 0
- verb transitive lead to be the first or foremost among; be at the head of 0
- verb transitive lead to be ahead of by a specified margin 0
- verb transitive lead to live; spend; pass 0
- verb transitive lead to cause to live or spend 0
- verb transitive lead to aim a rifle, throw a ball, etc. just ahead of (a moving target or receiver) 0
- verb transitive lead to begin the play with (a specified card or suit); lay down as the first card or suit of a hand or round 0
- intransitive verb lead to show the way by going before or along; act as guide 0
- intransitive verb lead to be led; submit to being led 0
- intransitive verb lead to be or form a way (to, from, under, etc.); tend in a certain direction; go 0
- intransitive verb lead to come, or bring one, as a result 0
- intransitive verb lead to be or go first; act as leader 0
- intransitive verb lead to aim a first blow or one designed to test an opponent's defense 0
- intransitive verb lead to play the first card of a hand or round 0
- noun lead the part of director or leader; leadership 0
- noun lead first or front place; precedence 0
- noun lead the amount or distance that one is ahead 0
- noun lead leash (sense 1) 0
- noun lead anything that leads or serves as a clue 0
- noun lead information that directs a salesperson to a potential customer, a source of new business, etc. 0
- noun lead a long, narrow, navigable passage in an ice pack or ice field 0
- noun lead the most important news story, as in a newspaper or telecast 0
- noun lead the opening words or paragraph of a news story, containing all the essential facts of the story 0
- noun lead a position taken by a base runner a short distance from his or her base in the direction of the next 0
- noun lead the act of leading, or the blow used 0
- noun lead the act or right of playing first, as in a hand, or the card or suit played 0
- noun lead a wire carrying current between two points in a circuit, between devices, etc. 0
- noun lead a stratum of ore; lode, ledge, or vein 0
- noun lead the leading part or main melody in a harmonic composition 0
- noun lead the course of a rope 0
- noun lead the principal role, or a main role, in a play or other production 0
- noun lead the actor or actress who plays such a role 0
- adjective lead acting as leader or being the leader 0
- noun lead a heavy, soft, malleable, bluish-gray metallic chemical element used in batteries and in numerous alloys and compounds: symbol, Pb; at. no., 82 0
- noun lead anything made of this metal 0
- noun lead a weight for measuring depth of water at sea, in a harbor, etc.: it is attached to a line and tossed over the side of a ship 0
- noun lead any of the strips of lead used to hold the individual panes in ornamental windows 0
- noun lead sheets of lead used for covering a roof 0
- noun lead a thin strip of type metal inserted to increase the space between lines of type 0
- noun lead bullets 0
- noun lead a thin stick of graphite, used in pencils 0
- adjective lead made of or containing lead 0
- verb transitive lead to cover, line, weight, or fasten with lead or leads 0
- verb transitive lead to glaze (pottery) with a glaze made primarily of lead 0
- verb transitive lead to increase the space between (lines of type) by inserting thin strips of type metal 0
- verb lead If a voltage signal leads the corresponding current signal, then it is in advance of it. 0