LEAD

Meaning of LEAD in English

(METAL) [noun] [U] - a very dense, soft, dark-grey, metallic element which is used on roofs and for protection against radiation. It is also poisonous.The lead pipes in many older houses have been replaced by copper ones.Some types of paint on toys might cause lead-poisoning (= an illness caused by lead) in children.If something goes down like a lead balloon, it is not popular or successful.Well, your suggestion that we work all weekend went down like a lead balloon.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

LEAD — I Metallic chemical element , chemical symbol Pb, atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, silvery white or grayish, malleable, …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAD — lead 1 /leed/ , v. , led, leading , n. , adj. v.t. 1. to go before or with to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAD — I . *lead / liːd; NAmE / verb , noun —see also lead (II) ■ verb ( led , led …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAD — I. lead 1 S1 W1 /liːd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle led /led/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAD — n. & v. --n. 1 Chem. a heavy bluish-grey soft ductile metallic element occurring naturally in galena and used in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAD — n. & v. n. 1 Chem. a heavy bluish-grey soft ductile metallic element occurring naturally in galena and used in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
LEAD — I. BEING AHEAD OR TAKING SOMEONE SOMEWHERE /li:d/ ( leads, leading, led) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAD — v. 1 conduct, escort, usher, guide, show the way, pilot, steer If you lead, I'll follow 2 cause, influence, prompt, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEAD — I 1. сущ. 1) хим. свинец 2) а) мор. лот to heave the lead, cast the lead ≈ бросать лот; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAD — lead.ogg _I 1. led n 1. хим. свинец lead ore - свинцовая руда lead plate - свинцовая пластинка lead plating …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEAD — I 1) опережение || опережать 2) строит. порядовка; маяк ( в каменных работах ) 3) мн. ч. направляющие стрелы копра …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LEAD — I 1) опережение || опережать 2) строит. порядовка; маяк (в каменных работах) 3) мн. ч. направляющие стрелы копра 4) направляющие блоки или рамки каната …
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Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LEAD — _I 1. led n 1. хим. свинец lead ore - свинцовая руда lead plate - свинцовая пластинка lead plating - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEAD — I 1. led сущ. 1) хим. свинец - red lead - white lead 2) сокр. от black lead графит ( …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LEAD — I 1. [®ў¬] lead.wav сущ. 1) хим. свинец - red lead - white lead 2) сокр. от black lead графит (только как материал для карандашных стержней); …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LEAD — 1) шаг; ход ( винта, резьбы ) 2) эл. провод; кабель 3) заборная часть, заходная часть ( метчика ) 4) …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
LEAD — 1) шаг; ход (винта, резьбы) 2) эл. провод; кабель 3) заборная часть, заходная часть (метчика) 4) центрирующий поясок 5) отвес 6) ввод; вывод || вводить; …
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LEAD — _I 1. _n. 1> свинец; as heavy as lead - очень тяжелый 2> грифель 3> _мор. лот; - heave the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LEAD — I 1. n. 1. свинец; as heavy as lead - очень тяжелый 2. грифель 3. мор. лот; - heave the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LEAD — _I led 1. _n. 1> свинец; as heavy as lead очень тяжёлый 2> грифель 3> _мор. лот; to heave (или …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
LEAD — I сущ. 1) общ. руководство; инициатива; лидерство to possess the lead - захватить лидерство 2) общ. пример; образец The Liberal Party has now followed the …
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по маркетингу и торговле
LEAD — 1. сущ. 1) общ. лидерство, первенство (в гонке и т. п.) to be in the lead, to have the lead — лидировать …
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
LEAD — I 1. сущ. 1) хим. свинец 2) а) мор. лот to heave the lead, cast the lead ≈ бросать лот; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAD — agak;mangunahan;tingga
English-Visayan vocabulary
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Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEAD — (v. t.) To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father …
Английский словарь Webster
LEAD — (v. t.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
Английский словарь Webster
LEAD — (v. t.) To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
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LEAD — (n.) A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils.
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LEAD — (n.) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets …
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LEAD — (n.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
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LEAD — (n.) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
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LEAD — (n.) An article made of lead or an alloy of lead
Английский словарь Webster
LEAD — (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is …
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LEAD — ( v. t. ) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAD — ( v. t. ) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAD — ( v. t. ) To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAD — ( v. t. ) To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed …
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LEAD — ( v. t. ) To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by …
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LEAD — ( v. t. ) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief …
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LEAD — ( v. t. ) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAD — ( v. t. ) To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
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LEAD — ( v. t. ) To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an …
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LEAD — ( v. t. ) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was …
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LEAD — ( v. i. ) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to …
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LEAD — ( n. ) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of …
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LEAD — ( n. ) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAD — ( n. ) The course of a rope from end to end.
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LEAD — ( n. ) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a …
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LEAD — ( n. ) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, …
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LEAD — ( n. ) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAD — ( n. ) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAD — ( n. ) precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAD — ( n. ) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAD — ( n. ) An open way in an ice field.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAD — ( n. ) An article made of lead or an alloy of lead
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

Cambridge English vocab

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