lead : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a lead alloy that contains about 5% antimony
  antimonial lead.
  

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• noun used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
  plumbago; graphite.
  

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• graphite or plumbago, ; so called from its leadlike appearance and streak. Colloq.

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• noun a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends
  

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• a sounding lead intermediate in weight between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.

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• lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.

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• the heaviest of sounding leads, used in water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

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• noun a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead
  pyromorphite.
  

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• (Min.), pyromorphite.

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• a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.

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• noun a lead alloy that contains about 5% antimony
  antimonial lead.
  
• noun unrefined lead that is hard because of the impurities it contains
  

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• (Chem.), chloride of lead.

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• adjective satellite having the leading position or higher score in a contest
  leading; ahead.
  
  • he is ahead by a pawn
  • the leading team in the pennant race
• adverb leading or ahead in a competition
  out front; ahead.
  
  • the horse was three lengths ahead going into the home stretch
  • ahead by two pawns
  • our candidate is in the lead in the polls
  • way out front in the race
  • the advertising campaign put them out front in sales

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• noun a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
  jumper cable; lead; booster cable.
  
  • it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads

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• so called from Krems or Kremnitz, in Austria, a pure variety of white lead, formed into tablets, and called also Krems, or Kremnitz, white, and Vienna white.

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• noun a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes
  lead acetate.
  

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• (Steam Engine), the angle which the crank maker with the line of centers, in approaching it, at the instant when the valve opens to admit steam.

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• tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead. See To arm the lead (below).

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• noun a poisonous white solid (Pb3[AsO4]2) used as an insecticide
  

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• verb teach immoral behavior to
  lead astray.
  
  • It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits
• verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
  mislead; misguide; misdirect.
  
  • The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
• verb cause someone to believe an untruth
  betray; deceive.
  
  • The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house

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• noun a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests
  agent bank.
  

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• verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
  play false; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes; bamboozle.
  
  • He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well

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• noun a poisonous white pigment that contains lead
  lead carbonate; ceruse.
  

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• noun a poisonous chromate of lead used as a pigment in paint
  

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• noun symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation
  painter's colic.
  

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• . See under Colic.

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• a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.

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• . (Min.) Same as Galena.

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• noun glass containing lead oxide; has a high refractive index
  

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• noun (nautical) plumb line for determining depth
  sounding line.
  

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• (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning . (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.

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• a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.

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• (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead. Same as Massicot.

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• verb teach immoral behavior to
  lead astray.
  
  • It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits
• verb set in motion, cause to start
  start; begin; commence.
  
  • The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
  • The Iraqis began hostilities
  • begin a new chapter in your life

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• verb entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken
  
• verb be false to; be dishonest with
  cozen; deceive; delude.
  

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• noun ore containing lead
  

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• noun pencil that has graphite as the marking substance
  

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• a pencil of which the marking material is graphite (black lead).

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• noun shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore
  leadplant; Amorpha canescens.
  

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• (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus Amorpha (A. canescens), found in the Northwestern United States, where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore. Gray.

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• noun toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
  saturnism; plumbism.
  

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• (Mach.), the main longitudinal screw of a lathe, which gives the feed motion to the carriage.

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• noun a sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple form
  

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• noun a news story of major importance
  lead.
  

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• noun a clear oily poisonous liquid added to gasoline to prevent knocking
  lead tetraethyl.
  

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• noun the time interval between the initiation and the completion of a production process
  
  • the lead times for many publications can vary tremendously
  • planning is an area where lead time can be reduced

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• noun low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
  white popinac; Leucaena leucocephala; Leucaena glauca.
  

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• . (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous tree, Leucæna glauca; probably so called from the glaucous color of the foliage. (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip of zinc in lead acetate.

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• verb set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
  initiate.
  
  • Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II

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• noun a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte; each cell generates about 2 volts
  lead-acid accumulator.
  

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• noun a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte; each cell generates about 2 volts
  lead-acid accumulator.
  

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• adjective satellite having the color of lead
  lead-colored.
  

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• adjective satellite having the color of lead
  lead-colored.
  

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• adjective satellite (of gasoline) not containing tetraethyl lead
  nonleaded.
  
  • lead-free gasoline

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• noun the introductory section of a story
  lede; lead.
  
  • it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter
• noun wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line
  

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• noun bronze to which 1-4% lead is added
  

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• noun gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks
  leaded gasoline.
  
  • combustion of leaded gasoline released lead into the air where it could cause lead poisoning

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• noun gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks
  leaded gasoline.
  
  • combustion of leaded gasoline released lead into the air where it could cause lead poisoning

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• noun the act of enticing others into sinful ways
  leading astray.
  

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• noun forward edge of an airfoil
  

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• noun one of 11 indicators for different sections of the economy; used by the Department of Commerce to predict economic trends in the near future
  

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• noun actress who plays the leading female role
  

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• noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
  luminary; notable; guiding light; notability.
  
  • he was host to a large gathering of luminaries

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• noun actor who plays the leading male role
  

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• noun the act of enticing others into sinful ways
  leading astray.
  

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• noun a question phrased in such a way as to suggest the desired answer; a lawyer may ask leading questions on cross-examination
  

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• noun rein to direct the horse's head left or right
  

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• noun (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale
  subtonic.
  

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• lead rolled into sheets.

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• a miner's term for blende.
• . See Blende (a).

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• noun mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
  lead.
  

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• a slender rod of black lead, or the like, adapted for insertion in a holder.

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• noun lead that is cast in pigs
  

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Pix"y-led` adjective

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1. Led by pixies; bewildered.

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• noun a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics
  minium.
  

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• a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder, consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.

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• (Min.), crocoite.

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• . (Min.) Same as Crocoite.

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• noun a cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings
  

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• noun a metal bob at the end of a sounding line
  

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• the plummet at the end of a sounding line.

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• (Chem.), metallic lead brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by compressing finely divided lead; used in secondary batteries and otherwise.

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• (Chem.), sponge lead. See under Sponge.

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• noun a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes
  lead acetate.
  

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• . See Sugar, 2, above.
• acetate of lead.

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• noun a clear oily poisonous liquid added to gasoline to prevent knocking
  lead tetraethyl.
  

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• to cast the sounding lead for ascertaining the depth of water.

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• to fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

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• to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others.

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• (Naut.), to sound by dropping the lead to the botton.

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• (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and line.

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• to go first; to begin.

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• to marry; said of a woman.

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• to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to seduce from truth or rectitude.

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• to lead at pleasure, or to cause to follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a beast. Shak.

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• to carry or bring into captivity.

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• to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood.

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• to show the way by going in front; to act as guide. Goldsmith.

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• (Card Playing), to lead the same suit led by one's partner.

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• . (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore. (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. Colloq.

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• noun a poisonous white pigment that contains lead
  lead carbonate; ceruse.
  

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• . (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for other purposes; ceruse. (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
• hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of white paint.

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• noun a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead
  cerussite.
  

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• (Min.), wulfenite.

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