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verbbe in charge of
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verbtake somebody somewhere
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verbproduce as a result or residuetype of:
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verbbe conducive to
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verblead, as in the performance of a composition
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nouna jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
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verbtravel in front of; go in advance of others
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verbpreside over
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nouna soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
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verbcause something to pass or lead somewhere
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verbstretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain pointtype of:
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verbbe ahead of others; be the first
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nounan actor who plays a principal roletype of:
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nounevidence pointing to a possible solution
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nounthin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
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nounrestraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animaltype of:
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nounthe timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
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nounmixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
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nouna position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')type of:
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noun(baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
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verbcause to undertake a certain action
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noun(sports) the score by which a team or individual is winningOpposite:type of:
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verbtend to or result in
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nounthe angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)type of:
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nounthe playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter"
- "We lead him to our chief"
- "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"
- "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads"
- "the children were playing with lead soldiers"
- "the police are following a promising lead"
- "a good lead for a job"
- "he took the lead at the last turn"
- "he takes the lead in any group"
- "we were just waiting for someone to take the lead"
- "they didn't follow our lead"
- "he took a long lead off first"
- "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests"
- "the lead was in the dummy"