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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. (uncountable) 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).
  2. (uncountable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
  3. (countable) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
  4. (uncountable) 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; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
  5. (countable) a metallic wire for electrical devices and equipments
  6. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
  7. (baseball) When a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown
  8. (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
  9. (uncountable, card games, dominoes) 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.
  10. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
  11. (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
  12. (plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
  13. (countable) A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
  14. (countable, mining) A lode.
  15. (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
  16. (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
  17. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
  18. In a steam engine, 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.
  19. charging lead
  20. (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
  21. (horology) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. — Claudias Saunier
  22. Hypothesis that has not been pursued
  23. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
  24. (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
  25. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
  26. (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
  27. (newspapers) A teaser; a lead in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
  28. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
  29. (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
  30. (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor

Adjektiivit

  1. (not comparable) Foremost.

Verbit

  1. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.
  2. (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
  3. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
  4. (transitive, printing) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
  5. To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of.instructions. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler.
  6. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party; to command, especially a military or business unit.
  7. To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
  8. (intransitive) 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.
  9. (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
  10. (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
  11. (intransitive) To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
  12. (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
  13. (transitive, cards, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps.
  14. (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
  15. (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
  16. (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
  17. (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
  18. (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.
  19. (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
  20. To produce.

Esimerkit

  • Blackburn then regained the lead with a simplest of set-piece goals
  • The batter always leads off base.
  • He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions.
  • Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers lusts.
  • Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.
  • the path leads to the mill;  gambling leads to other vices
  • The mountain-foot that leads towards Mantua.
  • All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism. That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition. It is therefore dealing with pollution in two ways—suppression and mitigation.
  • The shock led to a change in his behaviour.
  • The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[...]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.
  • At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, . . . I am sure I did my country important service. — Edmund Burke
  • He led the ace of spades.
  • The runner took his lead from first.
  • Usage note: When used alone it means outside lead, or lead for the admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release or exhaust.
  • The investigation stalled when all leads turned out to be dead ends.
  • Joe is a great addition to our sales team, he has numerous leads in the paper industry.
  • The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.
  • Battery leads - Bornes de batterie
  • Yellow lead - Massicot
  • Red lead - Minium
  • I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top.
  • I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
  • I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. — Bacon
  • They pumped him full of lead.
  • a father leads a child;  a jockey leads a horse with a halter;  a dog leads a blind man
  • If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch.
  • They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill.
  • In thy right hand lead with thee / The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.
  • The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way.
  • He leadeth me beside the still waters.
  • This thought might lead me through the world’s vain mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
  • This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
  • Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places.
  • The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty.
  • That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life.
  • Nor thou with shadow'd hint confuse / A life that leads melodious days.
  • You remember[...]the life he used to lead his wife and daughter.
  • the big sloop led the fleet of yachts;  the Guards led the attack;  Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages
  • As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way.
  • And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
  • “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektileadedPartisiipin perfektiled
ImperfektileadedImperfektiled
Partisiipin preesensleadingMonikkoleads
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesensleadsYksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesensleadeth (vanhahtava)

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