an action of guiding or giving an example; a kind of soft, heavy, easily melted, grey metal (symbol Pb), e.g. used for pipes in Roman times being the reason for death of many people
first place, supremacy
Cases of word usage
1) to keep or lead away a person unlawfully, especially by force (abduct)
2) a shaped piece of lead (to be) fired from a rifle or a revolver (bullet)
3) a building in which women (nuns) lead a religious life away from others (convent)
4) a building in which men (monks) lead a religious life away from others (monastery)
5) an instrument for drawing or writing, especially a wooden one containing lead or coloured wax (pencil)
6) (objects made of) a grey alloy of lead and tin (pewter)
7) a change in the moral attitude causing a person, to lead a new kind of life (rebirth)
8) a large sea-animal with short fur and wide flippers; a piece of wax, lead etc stamped with a design, attached to a document to show that it is genuine, or to a letter, packet, box, bottle, door etc to show that it has not been opened; something used to make an opening airtight or watertight (seal)
9) an instance of seducing or being seduced; something attractive that may lead a person to do or decide something (but often with no implication of doing wrong) (seduction)
10) to lead a dull life with little activity, thought or interest (vegetate)