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lead verb

  /lɛd/
  • (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
 chumbo, prumo
  • (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
 chumbo, chumbar, prumo

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.
 chumbo
  • (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
 chumbar
  • (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.
 chumbar, prumo

lead verb

  /lid/ , /liːd/
  • 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.
 conduzir, levar, guiar, começar, condução, liderar
  • To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
  • To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
  • (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
  • (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
  • (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
 liderar
  • (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
 liderar, liderança, preceder
  • To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
  • (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
 levar
  • (transitive, cards, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
 começar, sair

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.
 conduzir, levar, liderar, guiar, pista
  • (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.)
 levar, conduzir, liderar, guiar
  • (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
 conduzir, levar, guiar, começar, sair
  • 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.
 conduzir, levar, liderar, guiar
  • (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
 levar, guiar
  • (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
 liderar, levar, condução
  • (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, liderança, preceder
  • (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
 guiar
  • (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
 liderar

leading noun

  /ˈlɛdɪŋ/
  • (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.
 entrelinha, espaçamento entre linhas
lead on
iludir
red lead
zarcão
all roads lead to Rome
todos os caminhos levam a Roma
pencil lead
grafite, mina
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
você pode levar um cavalo até a água, mas não pode fazê-lo beber
in the lead
na frente, na liderança
lead-free
sem chumbo
lead crystal
cristal
lead shot
chumbo
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