Results for lead

Definitions of lead:

part of speech: present participle

Leading.

part of speech: noun

A well- known metal of a bluish- white color: the plummet for sounding at sea: a thin plate of lead separating lines of type:- pl. a flat roof covered with lead.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To take the first place; act as a guide, director, etc.; to take a course; as, the path leads through the woods; to conduct; as, the broad way leads to destruction; play the first card or domino.

part of speech: verb transitive

To conduct by the hand; as, to lead a little child; show the way to; guide by advice; to have the direction or control of; as, to lead an army; to go ahead of; to be first among; as, to lead one's class; induce; spend; as, to lead an unhappy life; to begin a game by playing ( a cetrain card).

part of speech: verb transitive

To cover or fit with lead: ( print.) to separate lines with leads.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To go before and show the way: to have a tendency: to exercise dominion:- pr. p. leading; pa. t. and pa. p. led.

part of speech: noun

Guidance; first place or position; in games, the right to play first or the play made.

part of speech: verb

To cover with lead; in printing, to widen the spaces between the lines by inserting leads, or slips of type- metal.

part of speech: verb transitive

To show the way by going first: to guide by the hand: to direct: to precede: to allure.

part of speech: verb

To guide; to conduct; to go before to show the way; to have a tendency to; to spend or use, as to spend a pleasant life or day; to draw; to entice; to induce.

part of speech: verb transitive

To cover, fit, or join with lead; in printing, to place thin metal strips between the lines of.

part of speech: noun

First place: precedence: direction: guidance.

part of speech: noun

A soft, heavy, bluish- gray metal; a weight attached to a rope for sounding depths at sea; a thin strip of metal for separating lines of type in printing; a stick of graphite or black carbon used in pencils.

part of speech: noun

A soft metal of a bluish- grey colour; the plummet or piece of lead attached to a long string or cord, used in sounding at sea; a slip of type- metal.

part of speech: past tense, past participle

Led.

Usage examples for lead:

• You have walk all the long trail- I saw you walk- and lead those horse, for only to bring our box. "The Eye of Dread", Payne Erskine

• He sought through these works to lead men to see how in His Person the Father was applying Himself to the actual needs of mankind. "The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I", Marcus Dods

• I wanted to lead a normal life, and I wanted my wife. "",

• After all, what you are doing now can lead to nothing. "Jane Oglander", Marie Belloc Lowndes