Cover vs. Lead

Covernoun

A lid.

Covernoun

(uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

Covernoun

The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.

Covernoun

The top sheet of a bed.

Covernoun

A cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use.

Covernoun

A cover charge.

Covernoun

A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.

Covernoun

(music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.

Covernoun

(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.

Covernoun

(topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.

Covernoun

(philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.

Covernoun

(military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.

Covernoun

(legal) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.

Covernoun

(insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.

Covernoun

(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.

Covernoun

(dated) A swindler's confederate.

Covernoun

The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.

Covernoun

In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.

Covernoun

(construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.

Coveradjective

Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.

Coveradjective

(music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.

Coververb

(transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

Coververb

(transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

Coververb

(transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.

Coververb

(transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.

Coververb

To put on one's hat.

Coververb

(transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).

Coververb

(of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.

Coververb

To deal with or include someone or something.

Coververb

To be enough money for.

Coververb

(intransitive) To act as a replacement.

Coververb

(transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.

Coververb

(music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).

Coververb

To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.

Coververb

To provide insurance coverage for.

Coververb

To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).

Coververb

To protect or control (a piece or square).

Coververb

To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

Coververb

(sports) To defend a particular player or area.

Coververb

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

Coververb

To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.

Coververb

To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.

Coververb

To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.

Coververb

To brood or sit on; to incubate.

Coververb

To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.

Coververb

To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.

Coververb

To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.

Coververb

To put the usual covering or headdress on.

Coververb

To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; - said of the male.

Coververb

To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet.

Covernoun

Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.

Covernoun

Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.

Covernoun

Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.

Covernoun

The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.

Covernoun

The lap of a slide valve.

Covernoun

A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests.

Covernoun

a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;

Covernoun

bedding that keeps a person warm in bed;

Covernoun

the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it;

Covernoun

the front and back covering of a book;

Covernoun

a natural object that covers or envelops;

Covernoun

covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container);

Covernoun

fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations;

Covernoun

a fixed charge by a restaurant or night club over and above the charge for food and drink

Covernoun

a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else;

Covernoun

a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent);

Coververb

provide with a covering or cause to be covered;

Coververb

form a cover over;

Coververb

span an interval of distance, space or time;

Coververb

provide for;

Coververb

deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;

Coververb

include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory;

Coververb

travel across or pass over;

Coververb

be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism;

Coververb

hold within range of an aimed firearm

Coververb

to take an action to protect against future problems;

Coververb

hide from view or knowledge;

Coververb

protect or defend (a position in a game);

Coververb

maintain a check on; especially by patrolling;

Coververb

protect by insurance;

Coververb

make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities;

Coververb

invest with a large or excessive amount of something;

Coververb

help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities;

Coververb

be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of;

Coververb

spread over a surface to conceal or protect;

Coververb

cover as if with a shroud;

Coververb

copulate with a female, used especially of horses;

Coververb

put something on top of something else;

Coververb

play a higher card than the one previously played;

Coververb

be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game

Coververb

sit on (eggs);

Coververb

clothe, as if for protection from the elements;

Leadnoun

(uncountable) 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).

Leadnoun

(countable) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.

Leadnoun

A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.

Leadnoun

Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.

Leadnoun

Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.

Leadnoun

(plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.

Leadnoun

(countable) A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.

Leadnoun

(slang) Bullets; ammunition.

Leadnoun

(uncountable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course

Leadnoun

(uncountable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.

Leadnoun

An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.

Leadnoun

(baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.

Leadnoun

The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played

Leadnoun

(acting) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.

Leadnoun

(acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.

Leadnoun

(countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.

Leadnoun

A lode.

Leadnoun

(nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.

Leadnoun

A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash

Leadnoun

In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.

Leadnoun

Charging lead. en

Leadnoun

(civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.

Leadnoun

(horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.

Leadnoun

Hypothesis that has not been pursued

Leadnoun

Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.

Leadnoun

(marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.

Leadnoun

Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.

Leadnoun

(curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.

Leadnoun

(newspapers) A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)

Leadnoun

An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast

Leadnoun

(engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.

Leadnoun

(music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor

Leadnoun

(music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.

Leadnoun

(music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.

Leadnoun

(engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.

Leadnoun

(electrical) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.

Leadnoun

(electrical) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.

Leadverb

(transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead

Leadverb

To place leads between the lines of.

Leadverb

To guide or conduct.

Leadverb

To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.

Leadverb

To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.

Leadverb

(figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct

Leadverb

To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.

Leadverb

To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).

Leadverb

(intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.

Leadverb

(heading) To begin, to be ahead.

Leadverb

(transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.

Leadverb

(intransitive) To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.

Leadverb

(intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.

Leadverb

(transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure

Leadverb

(intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.

Leadverb

To produce (with to).

Leadverb

misspelling of led

Leadadjective

(not comparable) Foremost.

Leadadjective

(music) main, principal

Leadnoun

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible (melting point 327.5° C), forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82. Atomic weight, 207.2. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.

Leadnoun

An article made of lead or an alloy of lead

Leadnoun

A small cylinder of black lead or graphite, used in pencils.

Leadnoun

The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.

Leadnoun

Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second.

Leadnoun

The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead.

Leadnoun

An open way in an ice field.

Leadnoun

A lode.

Leadnoun

The course of a rope from end to end.

Leadnoun

The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.

Leadnoun

the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.

Leadnoun

The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.

Leadnoun

The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.

Leadnoun

In an internal-combustion engine, the distance, measured in actual length of piston stroke or the corresponding angular displacement of the crank, of the piston from the end of the compression stroke when ignition takes place; - called in full lead of the ignition. When ignition takes place during the working stroke the corresponding distance from the commencement of the stroke is called negative lead.

Leadnoun

The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.

Leadnoun

In spiral screw threads, worm wheels, or the like, the amount of advance of any point in the spiral for a complete turn.

Leadnoun

The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.

Leadnoun

A role for a leading man or leading woman; also, one who plays such a role.

Leadnoun

The first story in a newspaper or broadcast news program.

Leadnoun

an electrical conductor, typically as an insulated wire or cable, connecting an electrical device to another device or to a power source, such as a conductor conveying electricity from a dynamo.

Leadnoun

the distance a runner on base advances from one base toward the next before the pitch; as, the long lead he usually takes tends to distract the pitchers.

Leadverb

To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.

Leadverb

To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.

Leadverb

To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact or connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.

Leadverb

To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of.

Leadverb

To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party.

Leadverb

To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.

Leadverb

To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.

Leadverb

To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).

Leadverb

To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.

Leadverb

To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preëminence; to be first or chief; - used in most of the senses of lead, v. t.

Leadverb

To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.

Leadnoun

a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull gray;

Leadnoun

an advantage held by a competitor in a race;

Leadnoun

evidence pointing to a possible solution;

Leadnoun

a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead');

Leadnoun

the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)

Leadnoun

the introductory section of a story;

Leadnoun

an actor who plays a principal role

Leadnoun

(baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base;

Leadnoun

an indication of potential opportunity;

Leadnoun

a news story of major importance

Leadnoun

the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine

Leadnoun

restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

Leadnoun

thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

Leadnoun

mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil

Leadnoun

a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire;

Leadnoun

the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge;

Leadverb

take somebody somewhere;

Leadverb

result in;

Leadverb

tend to or result in;

Leadverb

travel in front of; go in advance of others;

Leadverb

cause to undertake a certain action;

Leadverb

stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point;

Leadverb

be in charge of;

Leadverb

be ahead of others; be the first;

Leadverb

be conducive to;

Leadverb

lead, as in the performance of a composition;

Leadverb

pass or spend;

Leadverb

lead, extend, or afford access;

Leadverb

move ahead (of others) in time or space

Leadverb

cause something to pass or lead somewhere;

Leadverb

preside over;

Leadverb

cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward

Leadverb

show (someone or something) the way to a destination by going in front of or beside them

Leadverb

be a route or means of access to a particular place or in a particular direction

Leadverb

be a reason or motive for (someone)

Leadverb

culminate or result in (a particular event or consequence)

Leadverb

be in charge or command of

Leadverb

organize and direct

Leadverb

be the principal player of (a group of musicians)

Leadverb

set (a process) in motion

Leadverb

start

Leadverb

make an attack with (a particular punch or fist)

Leadverb

(of a base runner) be in a position to run from a base while standing off the base.

Leadverb

(in card games) play (the first card) in a trick or round of play

Leadverb

have the advantage over competitors in a race or game

Leadverb

be superior to (competitors or colleagues)

Leadverb

have or experience (a particular way of life)

Leadnoun

the initiative in an action; an example for others to follow

Leadnoun

a piece of information that may help in the resolution of a problem

Leadnoun

someone or something that may be useful, especially a potential customer or business opportunity

Leadnoun

(in card games) an act or right of playing first in a trick or round of play

Leadnoun

the card played first in a trick or round

Leadnoun

a position of advantage in a contest; first place

Leadnoun

an amount by which a competitor is ahead of the others

Leadnoun

the chief part in a play or film

Leadnoun

the person playing the chief part

Leadnoun

the chief performer or instrument of a specified type

Leadnoun

the item of news given the greatest prominence in a newspaper, broadcast, etc.

Leadnoun

the opening sentence or paragraph of a news article, summarizing the most important aspects of the story

Leadnoun

a strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog or other domestic animal

Leadnoun

a wire that conveys electric current from a source to an appliance, or that connects two points of a circuit together.

Leadnoun

the distance advanced by a screw in one turn.

Leadnoun

an artificial watercourse leading to a mill.

Leadnoun

a channel of water in an ice field.

Leadnoun

a soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. It has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.

Leadnoun

used figuratively as a symbol of something heavy

Leadnoun

an item or implement made of lead.

Leadnoun

sheets or strips of lead covering a roof.

Leadnoun

a piece of lead-covered roof.

Leadnoun

lead frames holding the glass of a lattice or stained-glass window.

Leadnoun

a lump of lead suspended on a line to determine the depth of water.

Leadnoun

graphite used as the part of a pencil that makes a mark

Leadnoun

a blank space between lines of print.

Lead

Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials.