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How to pronounce lead
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What does lead mean?
nounA 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 m
A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
“Although I could distinctly see the bottom, yet, heaving the lead, I found the ship in fifteen fathoms.”
A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
verbTo cover, fill, or affect with lead.
“continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.”
To place leads between the lines of.
adjForemost.
“The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.”
Main, principal, primary, first, chief, foremost.
“the lead guitarist in band”
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