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- English Word Lead Definition The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
- English Word Lead Definition 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.
- English Word Lead Definition 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.
- English Word Lead Definition An open way in an ice field.
- English Word Lead Definition A lode.
- English Word Lead Definition The course of a rope from end to end.
- English Word Lead Definition 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.
- English Word Lead Definition the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- English Word Lead Definition The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- English Word Leaded Definition of Lead
- English Word Leaded Definition Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows.
- English Word Leaded Definition Separated by leads, as the lines of a page.
- English Word Leaden Definition Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.
- English Word Leaden Definition Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
- English Word Leaden Definition Heavy; dull; sluggish.
- English Word Leader Definition One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.
- English Word Leader Definition One who goes first.
- English Word Leader Definition One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.
- English Word Leader Definition A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins.
- English Word Leader Definition A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.