Leads
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Leads
noun
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
"This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines."
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
verb
noun
- The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
"to be under the lead of another"
- Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
"She lost the lead."
- An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
"The runner took his lead from first."
- The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
"your partner has the lead"
verb
- (heading) To guide or conduct.
- 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 the transitive verb.
- (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
"to lead someone to a righteous cause"
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
"the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices"
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