lead
Frasi
Eventually , Labour Party gained a solid lead over National .
Alla fine, il partito laburista ha ottenuto un solido vantaggio rispetto al nazionale.
Senso (English)
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- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (slang) bullets; ammunition.
- X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
Synonyms
show the way
bring with
go first
conduce
leading role
go before
go in front
lead story
confidential information
gain the upper hand
lead up
prevail over
principal character
sounding lead
take precedence
leading actor
package pin
have an advantage
principal one
atomic number 82
jumper lead
spark advance
line spacing
lode
most important
put in order
rule over
spark-plug
take along
trigger off
bear a child
bear away
call over
first move
first place
give advice
give directions
lead-colored
lead to
made of lead
main character
preside over
seal with lead
support oneself
take by the hand
be ahead of
conduct onself
being in the lead
die before someone
maintain one’s status
passage-way
soldering lead
give counsel
a heavy
comparatively soft
malleable metal
first position
frist step
show to
introductory paragraph
bring towards
lead towards
alloy of iron
show the right way
silver and antimony
taking the lead
government activity
management personnel
stage direct
type slug
lead angle
phase lead
ld
angle of lead
anecdotal lead
leaden-coloured
star part
make move
gate apparatus
purified lead
go on ahead
march in the van
be the leader
guide-vane apparatus
nozzle junction assembly
initial lead
leading phase angle
be first in line
lead paragraph
teser
be at the head
actor
be able
be next to
draw rein
ensue
in charge of
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/lɛd/
Etimologia (English)
In summary
table From Middle English led, leed, from Old English lēad (“lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *laud (“lead”), borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots leid, lede (“lead”), North Frisian lud, luad (“lead”), West Frisian lead (“lead”), Dutch lood (“lead”), German Lot (“solder, plummet, sounding line”), Swedish lod (“lead”), Icelandic lóð (“a plumb, weight”), Irish luaidhe (“lead”) Latin plumbum (“lead”), Finnish luoti (“bullet”). Doublet of loth. More at flow. * (graphite in a pencil): Graphite was once believed to be a form of lead; see black lead and plumbago.
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