| lead | (noun) the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge | - |
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| (noun) a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead') | - |
| (noun) a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire | Synonyms: booster cable, jumper cable, jumper lead |
| (noun) thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing | Synonyms: leading |
| (noun) restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal | Synonyms: leash, tether |
| (noun) the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine | Synonyms: spark advance |
| (noun) an advantage held by a competitor in a race | - |
| (noun) evidence pointing to a possible solution | Synonyms: track, trail |
| (noun) a news story of major importance | Synonyms: lead story |
| (noun) the introductory section of a story | Synonyms: lead-in, lede |
| (noun) an indication of potential opportunity | Synonyms: confidential information, hint, steer, tip, wind |
| (noun) (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base | - |
| (noun) an actor who plays a principal role | Synonyms: principal, star |
| (noun) (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning | - |
| (noun) 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) mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil | Synonyms: pencil lead |
| (noun) a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey | Synonyms: atomic number 82, Pb |
| (verb) cause to undertake a certain action | - |
| (verb) preside over | Synonyms: chair, moderate |
| (verb) lead, as in the performance of a composition | Synonyms: conduct, direct |
| (verb) travel in front of; go in advance of others | Synonyms: head |
| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: conduct, direct, guide, take |
| (verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space | Synonyms: precede |
| (verb) be in charge of | Synonyms: head |
| (verb) be conducive to | Synonyms: conduce, contribute |
| (verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | Synonyms: extend, go, pass, run |
| (verb) be ahead of others; be the first | Synonyms: top |
| (verb) cause something to pass or lead somewhere | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) lead, extend, or afford access | Synonyms: go |
| (verb) produce as a result or residue | Synonyms: leave, result |
| (verb) tend to or result in | - |
| leaded | (adjective) treated or mixed with lead | - |
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| (adjective) (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead | - |
| (adjective) having thin strips of lead between the lines of type | - |
| leaden | (adjective) made of lead | - |
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| (adjective) darkened with overcast | Synonyms: dull |
| (adjective) lacking lightness or liveliness | Synonyms: heavy |
| (adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious | Synonyms: plodding |
| (adjective) made heavy or weighted down with weariness | Synonyms: weighted |
| leader | (noun) a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers | Synonyms: drawing card, loss leader |
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| (noun) a person who rules or guides or inspires others | - |
| leaders | (noun) the body of people who lead a group | Synonyms: leadership |
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| leadership | (noun) the activity of leading | Synonyms: leading |
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| (noun) the ability to lead | - |
| (noun) the body of people who lead a group | Synonyms: leaders |
| (noun) the status of a leader | - |
| leading | (adjective) going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way | - |
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| (adjective) greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement | Synonyms: preeminent |
| (adjective) having the leading position or higher score in a contest | Synonyms: ahead, in the lead |
| (adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: prima, star, starring, stellar |
| (noun) thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing | Synonyms: lead |
| (noun) the activity of leading | Synonyms: leadership |
| leadless | (adjective) not treated with lead | Synonyms: unleaded |
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| leadplant | (noun) shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore | Synonyms: Amorpha canescens, lead plant |
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| leadwort | (noun) a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers | Synonyms: Plumbago europaea |
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