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lead verb

  /lɛd/
  • (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
 plom, escandall, sonda
  • (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
 emplomar, escandall, sonda, plom

lead noun

  /lɛd/
  • (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).
  • (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
 plom
  • (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
 emplomar
  • (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
 emplomar, escandall, sonda

lead noun

  /lid/ , /liːd/
  • Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
 dirigir, conduir, liderar, guiar, anar al capdavant, comandar
  • (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
 dirigir, liderar, comandar, guiatge
  • (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
 dirigir, liderar, menar, comandar
  • 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.
 dirigir, liderar, anar al capdavant, menar
  • (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
  • (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
 conduir, guiar, dirigir, portar
  • (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
 liderar, anar al capdavant, avantatge, encapçalar
  • (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
 dirigir, menar
  • (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
  • A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
 anar al capdavant

lead verb

  /lid/ , /liːd/
  • To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
 dirigir, liderar, comandar
  • 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 guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
 conduir, portar, guiar, dirigir, menar, guiatge
  • (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
  • (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
 liderar, anar al capdavant
  • (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
 liderar, anar al capdavant, avantatge, encapçalar
  • (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
 anar al capdavant
  • (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
 conduir, portar
in the lead
al capdavant
pencil lead
mina
lead poisoning
saturnisme
all roads lead to Rome
tots els camins porten a Roma, tots els camins duen a Roma
white lead
blanc de plom, blanquet
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
ja pots xiular si l'ase no vol beure
lead pass
passada avançada
lead-free
sense plom
lead oxide
òxid de plom
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