Lead is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for LEAD in dictionary:

VERB:
• to go in advance
• to cover with a heavy metallic element
• cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward
• show (someone or something) the way to a destination by going in front of or beside them
• be a route or means of access to a particular place or in a particular direction
• be a reason or motive for (someone)
• culminate or result in (a particular event or consequence)
• be in charge or command of
• organize and direct
• be the principal player of (a group of musicians)
• set (a process) in motion
• start
• make an attack with (a particular punch or fist)
• (of a base runner) be in a position to run from a base while standing off the base.
• (in card games) play (the first card) in a trick or round of play
• have the advantage over competitors in a race or game
• be superior to (competitors or colleagues)
• have or experience (a particular way of life)
• guide or conduct
• To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
• To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
• To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.
• To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.
• To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party.
• To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.
• To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.
• To guide or conduct one\'s self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
• To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
• 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 lead, v. t.
• To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.
• take somebody somewhere
• have as a result or residue
• tend to or result in
• travel in front of; go in advance of others
• cause to undertake a certain action
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
• be in charge of
• be ahead of others; be the first
• be conducive to
• lead, as in the performance of a composition
• lead, extend, or afford access
• move ahead (of others) in time or space
• cause something to pass or lead somewhere
• preside over
NOUN:
• the initiative in an action; an example for others to follow
• a piece of information that may help in the resolution of a problem
• someone or something that may be useful, especially a potential customer or business opportunity
• (in card games) an act or right of playing first in a trick or round of play
• the card played first in a trick or round
• a position of advantage in a contest; first place
• an amount by which a competitor is ahead of the others
• the chief part in a play or film
• the person playing the chief part
• the chief performer or instrument of a specified type
• the item of news given the greatest prominence in a newspaper, broadcast, etc.
• the opening sentence or paragraph of a news article, summarizing the most important aspects of the story
• a strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog or other domestic animal
• a wire that conveys electric current from a source to an appliance, or that connects two points of a circuit together.
• the distance advanced by a screw in one turn.
• an artificial watercourse leading to a mill.
• a channel of water in an ice field.
• a soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. It has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.
• used figuratively as a symbol of something heavy
• an item or implement made of lead.
• sheets or strips of lead covering a roof.
• a piece of lead-covered roof.
• lead frames holding the glass of a lattice or stained-glass window.
• a lump of lead suspended on a line to determine the depth of water.
• graphite used as the part of a pencil that makes a mark
• a blank space between lines of print.
• One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.
• An article made of lead or an alloy of lead
• A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
• A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
• Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
• A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils.
• The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
• precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat\'s length, or of half a second.
• The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead.
• An open way in an ice field.
• A lode.
• The course of a rope from end to end.
• 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.
• the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
• The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
• an advantage held by a competitor in a race
• a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
• evidence pointing to a possible solution
• a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead\')
• the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
• the introductory section of a story
• (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
• an actor who plays a principal role
• (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
• an indication of potential opportunity
• a news story of major importance
• the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
• restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
• thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
• mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
• a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
• the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
• first or most prominent place
ADJECTIVE:
• acting as a leader or lead
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to cover with lead (a heavy metallic element)
• to show the way to by going in advance

Words related to LEAD

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Words that contain LEAD

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How to use LEAD in a sentence

• Those with the best horses took the lead, while the heavier men, including the Doge, whose weight was telling on their mounts, fell to the rear.
• If the steam blows out at the forward cock we know that we have sufficient lead.
• Saddle up, Hargis, and lead us to your little old cave.
• The arms of France stamped on a sheet of tin were nailed to a tree, at the foot of which a lead plate was buried in the ground.
• Therefore, I shall enter into no statement of the reasons which lead me unhesitatingly to accept Mr.
• Stein had to dismount to open the gate, to lead his horse through, and to mount again before he could follow.
• There will have to be sufficient authority lodged in those who exercise oversight to enable them to lead the Christian forces and administer their resources.
• But before taking any action Ferguson must be convinced of the guilt of the man he was hunting, and nothing had yet occurred that would lead him to suspect Radford.
• Jesus searches for the point in every man on which he can lay hold of him and lead him to the Kingdom of God.
• Dunstan was working at his forge, the devil attempted to lead him into evil paths.
• Young Germans are not sent to the United States to study and to lead our lives and to return home bearing good-will and good reports.
• It was his own energy and spirit of enterprise, and his resolution to lead an industrious life, that made him look forward with so much confidence to better days.
• Thus encouraged they held the lead, but several times vaqueros dropped back to make inquiries of drives and the water.
• He was also best acquainted with such houses where they were, and so could readily lead the rest of his Gang unto them.
• This leads, therefore, to a closer investigation of their nature, and thus a critical investigation may lead into what is the proper field of theory.
• We have thus, according to the advice of Socrates, permitted the argument to lead us whither it would.
• They will follow me and I shall lead them to my fortress.
• He must lead, but he can only lead whither they will follow.
• He had done nothing as yet to lead people to believe that he would ever become a great composer.
• Whatever may first lead us to the scrutiny of natural objects, that scrutiny never fails of its reward.
• We might lead them into green pastures and still waters, into the glorious liberty wherewith Christ died to make all men free, the liberty of the children of God.
• Conversation, as conversation, is hard to teach, we can only lead the way and lay down a few principles which keep it in the right path.
• And may that infinite Power which rules the destinies of the universe, lead our councils to what is best, and give them a favorable issue for your peace and prosperity.

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