1. • noun - an advantage held by a competitor in a race
   • noun - a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element
   • noun - evidence pointing to a possible solution
   • noun - a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead')
   • 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 introductory section of a story
   • noun - (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
   • noun - an actor who plays a principal role
   • noun - (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
   • noun - an indication of potential opportunity
   • noun - a news story of major importance
   • noun - the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
   • noun - restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
   • noun - thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
   • noun - mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness
   • noun - a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
   • noun - the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
   • verb - take somebody somewhere
   • verb - have as a result or residue
   • verb - tend to or result in
   • verb - travel in front of
   • verb - cause to undertake a certain action
   • verb - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope
   • verb - be in charge of
   • verb - be ahead of others
   • verb - be conducive to
   • verb - lead, as in the performance of a composition
   • verb - lead, extend, or afford access
   • verb - move ahead (of others) in time or space
   • verb - cause something to pass or lead somewhere
   • verb - preside over
2. • To show the way to by going in advance.
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   • To serve as a route for; take: The path led them to a cemetery.
   • To be a channel or conduit for (water or electricity, for example).
   • To guide the behavior or opinion of; induce: led us to believe otherwise.
   • To direct the performance or activities of: lead an orchestra.
   • To inspire the conduct of: led the nation in its crisis.
   • To play a principal or guiding role in: lead a discussion; led the antiwar movement.
   • To go or be at the head of: The queen led the procession.
   • To be ahead of: led the runner-up by three strides.
   • To be foremost in or among: led the field in nuclear research; led her teammates in free throws.
   • To pass or go through; live: lead an independent life.
   • To begin or open with, as in games: led an ace.
   • To guide (a partner) in dancing.
   • To aim in front of (a moving target).
   • To be first; be ahead.
   • To go first as a guide.
   • To act as commander, director, or guide.
   • To afford a passage, course, or route: a road that leads over the mountains; a door leading to the pantry.
   • To tend toward a certain goal or result: a remark that led to further discussion; policies that led to disaster.
   • To make the initial play, as in a game or contest.
   • To begin a presentation or an account in a given way: The announcer led with the day’s top stories.
   • To guide a dance partner.
   • To start a dance step on a specified foot.
   • To advance a few paces away from one’s base toward the next while the pitcher is in the delivery.
   • To begin an attack in boxing with a specified hand or punch: led with a right to the body.
   • The first or foremost position.
   • One occupying such a position; a leader.
   • The initiative: took the lead in setting the pace of the project.
   • The margin by which one holds a position of advantage or superiority: held a lead of nine points at the half.
   • Information pointing toward a possible solution; a clue: followed a promising lead in the murder case.
   • An indication of potential opportunity; a tip: a good lead for a job.
   • Command; leadership: took over the lead of the company.
   • An example; a precedent: followed his sister’s lead in running for office.
   • The principal role in a dramatic production.
   • The person playing such a role.
   • The introductory portion of a news story.
   • An important, usually prominently displayed news story.
   • Games.
   • The first play.
   • The prerogative or turn to make the first play: The lead passes to the player on the left.
   • A card played first in a round.
   • A position taken by a base runner away from one base in the direction of the next.
   • A leash.
   • Geology.
   • A deposit of gold ore in an old riverbed.
   • See lode (n.
   • A conductor by which one circuit element is electrically connected to another.
   • The direction in which a rope runs.
   • The distance aimed in front of a moving target.
   • To begin; start.
   • To be the first batter in an inning.
   • To keep in a state of expectation or hope; entice.
   • To mislead; deceive.
   • To result in by a series of steps: events leading up to the coup.
   • To proceed toward (a main topic) with preliminary remarks.
   • Pb A soft, malleable, ductile, bluish-white, dense metallic element, extracted chiefly from galena and used in containers and pipes for corrosives, solder and type metal, bullets, radiation shielding, paints, and antiknock compounds.
   • A lead weight suspended by a line, used to make soundings.
   • Bullets from or for firearms; shot: pumped the target full of lead.
   • A thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type.
   • Any of various, often graphitic compositions used as the writing substance in pencils.
   • A thin stick of such material.
   • To cover, line, weight, or fill with lead.
   • To provide space between (lines of type) with leads.
   • To secure (window glass) with leads.
   • To start moving or move more rapidly.
3. • v - to cover with lead (a heavy metallic element)
   • v - to show the way to by going in advance

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