Dictionary Check: lead
"lead" is a valid word!
Scrabble
5
points
Words with Friends
6
points
Definition
noun
an advantage held by a competitor in a race
Example:
"he took the lead at the last turn"
noun
a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
Example:
"the children were playing with lead soldiers"
noun
evidence pointing to a possible solution
Example:
"the police are following a promising lead"
noun
mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
noun
a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
Example:
"he takes the lead in any group"
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)
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