lead

What does lead mean?

• verb

  be in charge of

• verb

  lead, extend, or afford access

• verb

  move ahead (of others) in time or space

• verb

  preside over

• noun

  a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey

• verb

  cause something to pass or lead somewhere

• verb

  stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• verb

  be ahead of others; be the first

• noun

  an actor who plays a principal role

• noun

  evidence pointing to a possible solution

• noun

  thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

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  the introductory section of a story

• noun

  restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

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  the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine

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  an indication of potential opportunity

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  mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil

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  an advantage held by a competitor in a race

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  a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')

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  (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base

• verb

  cause to undertake a certain action

• noun

  (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning

• verb

  tend to or result in

• verb

  take somebody somewhere

• 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

  the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge

• verb

  produce as a result or residue

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  be conducive to

• verb

  lead, as in the performance of a composition

• noun

  a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire

• noun

  a news story of major importance

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