lead (4 letters)
lead
5
- Length
- 4 letters
- Scrabble score
- 5 points
- Frequency
- Common
- Pronunciation
- LEHD
What it means
- verb — take somebody somewhere
- verb — produce as a result or residue
- verb — tend to or result in
- verb — travel in front of; go in advance of others
- verb — cause to undertake a certain action
- verb — stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- verb — be in charge of
- verb — be ahead of others; be the first
- 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
- noun — an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- noun — a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- noun — evidence pointing to a possible solution
- noun — a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (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; the marking substance in a pencil
- noun — a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- noun — the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge