Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word LEAD

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Definitions of LEAD

1. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
2. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
3. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
4. 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.
5. Hypothesis that has not been pursued
6. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
7. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
8. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
9. Main, principal, primary, first, chief, foremost.
10. (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).
11. (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.
12. (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
13. (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
14. (slang) bullets; ammunition.
15. (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
16. (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
17. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.
18. (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.
19. (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
20. (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
21. (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
22. (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
23. (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
24. (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
25. (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
26. (acting, theatre) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
27. (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
28. (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
29. (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
30. (countable, mining) A lode.
31. (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
32. (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
33. (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
34. (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
35. (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
36. (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
37. (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
38. (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
39. (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
40. (electrical) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
41. (electrical) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
42. (not comparable) Foremost.
43. (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
44. Misspelling of led.
45. (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
46. To produce.
47. (transitive, usually, with, "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
48. (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
49. (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
50. (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
51. (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.

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Examples of Using LEAD in a Sentence

• A key difficulty in the design of good algorithms for this problem is that formulas for the variance may involve sums of squares, which can lead to numerical instability as well as to arithmetic overflow when dealing with large values.
• In 1642, Tasman was appointed by the VOC to lead an expedition to explore the uncharted regions of the Southern Pacific Ocean.
• Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory the Great chose him in 595 to lead a mission, usually known as the Gregorian mission, to Britain to Christianize King Æthelberht and his Kingdom of Kent from Anglo-Saxon paganism.
• In 1968, Lifeson co-founded a band that would later become Rush, with drummer John Rutsey and bassist and lead vocalist Jeff Jones.
• Eating amygdalin will cause it to release cyanide in the human body, and may lead to cyanide poisoning.
• Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) were an English band, formed in London in 1984 by Mick Jones, former lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the Clash.
• She rose to prominence as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989.
• His philosophical teachings, called Confucianism, emphasized personal and governmental morality, harmonious social relationships, righteousness, kindness, sincerity, and a ruler's responsibilities to lead by virtue.
• They were soon joined by Jimmy Barnes (at the time known as Jim Barnes) on lead vocals and, in 1975, Phil Small became their bass guitarist.
• The cracking of joints, especially knuckles, was long believed to lead to arthritis and other joint problems.
• A major intellectual and public figure in English-speaking colonial America, Cotton Mather helped lead the successful revolt of 1689 against Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of New England appointed by King James II.
• Some forms of connection involve "lead/follow" in which one dancer (the "lead") directs the movements of the other dancer (the "follower") by means of non-verbal directions conveyed through a physical connection between the dancers.
• Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is the protection of computer software, systems and networks from threats that can lead to unauthorized information disclosure, theft or damage to hardware, software, or data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.
• Initially consisting of lead guitarist East Bay Ray, bassist Klaus Flouride, lead vocalist Jello Biafra, drummer Ted and rhythm guitarist 6025, 6025 left in 1979, and Ted left the following year after the band recorded their acclaimed first album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980).
• He founded the rock band Foo Fighters, of which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter.
• He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s.
• Carl Barks, the screenwriter and lead storyboard artist for the film, was inspired by the 1937 short, Don Donald, that featured a Latin character named Donna Duck, to revive the concept of a female counterpart for Donald.
• Existentialism is a family of philosophical views and inquiry that prioritize the existence of the human individual, study existence from the individual's perspective, and conclude that, despite the absurdity or incomprehensibility of the universe, individuals must still embrace responsibility for their actions and strive to lead authentic lives.
• Empiricists argue that empiricism is a more reliable method of finding the truth than purely using logical reasoning, because humans have cognitive biases and limitations which lead to errors of judgement.
• 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling sons, Caracalla and Geta, whom he had instructed to make peace.

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