What is lead?

More definitions of "lead":

• (verb): Travel in front of; go in advance of others.
  Synonyms: head

• (verb): Lead, as in the performance of a composition.
  Synonyms: conduct, direct

• (noun): A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull gray.
  Example: "The children were playing with lead soldiers"
  Synonyms: Pb, atomic number 82

• (noun): A position of leadership (especially in the phrase 'take the lead').
  Example: "He takes the lead in any group"; "we were just waiting for someone to take the lead"; "they didn't follow our lead"

• (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): (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base.
  Example: "He took a long lead off first"

• (verb): Cause something to pass or lead somewhere.
  Synonyms: run

• (verb): Move ahead (of others) in time or space.
  Synonyms: precede

• (verb): Pass or spend.
  Example: "Lead a good life"

• (noun): A news story of major importance.
  Synonyms: lead story

• (noun): An indication of potential opportunity.
  Example: "A good lead for a job"
  Synonyms: tip, steer, confidential information, wind, hint

• (verb): Cause to undertake a certain action.
  Example: "Her greed led her to forge the checks"

• (verb): Be conducive to.
  Example: "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"
  Synonyms: contribute, conduce

• (noun): The introductory section of a story.
  Example: "It was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter"
  Synonyms: lead-in

• (verb): Tend to or result in.
  Example: "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests"

• (noun): Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.
  Synonyms: leash, tether

• (noun): An advantage held by a competitor in a race.
  Example: "He took the lead at the last turn"

• (noun): The playing of a card to start a trick in bridge.
  Example: "The lead was in the dummy"

• (verb): Preside over.
  Synonyms: moderate, chair

• (noun): An actor who plays a principal role.
  Synonyms: star, principal

• (verb): Lead, extend, or afford access.
  Synonyms: go

• (verb): Be ahead of others; be the first.
  Synonyms: top

• (noun): The timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine.
  Synonyms: spark advance

• (verb): Take somebody somewhere.
  Example: "We lead him to our chief"
  Synonyms: take, direct, conduct, guide

• (noun): Evidence pointing to a possible solution.
  Example: "The police are following a promising lead"
  Synonyms: track, trail

• (noun): Thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing.
  Synonyms: leading

• (verb): Result in.
  Synonyms: leave, result

• (verb): Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.
  Synonyms: run, go, pass, extend

• (noun): A jumper that consists of a short piece of wire.
  Synonyms: jumper cable, jumper lead

• (verb): Be in charge of.
  Synonyms: head

Famous quotes containing the word lead:

“The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.”
—George Berkeley (1685–1753)

“Being prime minister is a lonely job.... you cannot lead from the crowd.”
—Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925)

“Normally, people believe that, if they hear just words, that these words must lead to some thought.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)