Lead

This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.

I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top.

These rooms were on a level with the apartments of our friends Bows and Costigan next door at No. 4; and by reaching over the communicating leads, Grady could command the mignonette-box which bloomed in Bows’s window.

They pumped him full of lead.

All my life I want money and power Respect my mind or die from lead shower

You must remember to wear your leads.

continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.

to lead a page

leaded matter

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.

As he was going home to the palace, he met an old woman leading a golden goose.

The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely.

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.

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.

A good teacher should lead their students to the right answer.

to lead a political party

to lead the search team

Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places.

to lead someone to a righteous cause

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil

Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers lusts.

He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions.

The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty.

the big sloop led the fleet of yachts;  the Guards led the attack;  Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages

1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso 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.

The standard-bearers led and the rest of the marchers followed.

It leads in the information technology sector.

to lead trumps

He led the ace of spades.

The batter always leads off base.

the path leads to the mill

The mountain-foot that leads towards Mantua.

gambling leads to other vices

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.

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.

That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life.

Nor thou with shadow'd hint confuse / A life that leads melodious days.

Follow me now and you will not regret / Leaving the life you led before we met. / You are the first to have this love of mine, / Forever with me till the end of time.

to take the lead

to be under the lead of another

At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, […] I am sure I did my country important service.

the white horse had the lead.

to be in the lead

She lost the lead.

Smith managed to extend her lead over the second place to half a second.

Blackburn then regained the lead with a simplest of set-piece goals

The runner took his lead from first.

your partner has the lead

"You make moving pictures. In jungles and places." "That's me. And I've picked you for the lead in my next picture."

John is the development lead on this software product.

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.

The police have a couple of leads they will follow to solve the case.

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.

For the first time ever, the senior architect and lead developer for a key enterprise system on NASA's ongoing Mars Exploration Rover mission shares the secrets to one of the most difficult technology tasks […]

the lead guitarist in band

the lead developer on a software project

Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's ex-prime minister, has missed a verdict in a negligence trial that could have seen her jailed, prompting the Supreme Court to say it will issue an arrest warrant fearing she is a flight risk, according to the lead judge in the case.