Main vs. Lead

Mainadjective

Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.

Mainadjective

Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.

Mainadjective

Full, sheer, undivided.

Mainadjective

(dialectal) Big; angry.

Mainadjective

(nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.

Mainadjective

(obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.

Mainadverb

Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.

Mainverb

(transitive) lang=en

Mainverb

To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.

Mainverb

(obsolete) Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road.

Mainnoun

That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.

Mainnoun

(video gaming) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.

Mainnoun

A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.

Mainnoun

(informal) lang=en

Mainnoun

The high seas.

Mainnoun

The mainland.

Mainnoun

(nautical) lang=en

Mainnoun

Force, power, strength, violent effort.

Mainnoun

A hand or match in a game of dice.

Mainnoun

The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.

Mainnoun

A stake played for at dice.

Mainnoun

A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.

Mainnoun

A banker's shovel for coins.

Mainnoun

A basket for gathering grapes.

Mainnoun

A hand or match at dice.

Mainnoun

A stake played for at dice.

Mainnoun

The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.

Mainnoun

A match at cockfighting.

Mainnoun

A main-hamper.

Mainnoun

Strength; force; might; violent effort.

Mainnoun

The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.

Mainnoun

The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.

Mainadjective

Very or extremely strong.

Mainadjective

Vast; huge.

Mainadjective

Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.

Mainadjective

Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.; as, the main reason to go; the main proponent.

Mainadjective

Important; necessary.

Mainadverb

Very; extremely; as, main heavy.

Mainnoun

any very large body of (salt) water

Mainnoun

a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

Mainadjective

most important element;

Mainadjective

of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;

Mainadjective

of force; of the greatest possible intensity;

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.