What is lead?

More definitions of "lead":

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

• (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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• (noun): Mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil.
  Synonyms: pencil lead

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

• (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.
  Example: "The lead was in the dummy"

• (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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Famous quotes containing the word lead:

“Boys and bad hunters had known what to do
With stone and lead to unprotected glass:
Shatter it inward on the unswept floors.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“In fact what America expects of its citizens and what the Catholic Church expects of the faithful are sometimes so different that they lead to an enormous ker-KLUNK between democracy and theology.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)

“Dance then wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.”
—Sydney Carter (b. 1915)