lead

1. First or foremost: the lead leg on a surfboard.

2. Most important: the lead author of a research paper.

3. Acting or serving as a lead or .

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1. Get the lead out Informal To start moving or move more rapidly.

2. Lead the way To be foremost in an endeavor or trend: The firm led the way in the application of new technology.

3. Lead the way To show a course or route by going in advance.

4. Lead up to To proceed toward (a main topic) with preliminary remarks.

5. Lead up to To result in by a series of steps: events leading up to the coup.

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1. A channel of open water created by a break in a mass of ice.

2. A lead weight suspended by a line, used to make soundings.

3. A leash.

4. A soft, malleable, ductile, bluish-white, dense metallic element, extracted chiefly from galena and used in containers and pipes for corrosives, solder and type metal, bullets, radiation shielding, paints, and antiknock compounds. Atomic number 82; atomic weight 207.2; melting point 327.5°C; boiling point 1,744°C; specific gravity 11.35; valence 2, 4. See Table at element.

5. A thin stick of such material.

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1. Lead off Baseball To be the first batter in an inning.

2. Lead off To begin; start.

3. Lead on To keep in a state of expectation or hope; entice.

4. Lead on To mislead; deceive.

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1. To guide on a way especially by going in advance.

2. To direct on a course or in a direction.

3. To serve as a channel for .

4. To go through .

5. To direct the operations, activity, or performance of .

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
lade	5	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
la	2
el	2
ed	3
ad	3
de	3
da	3
al	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
dal	4
del	4
ale	3
eld	4
lad	4
lea	3
led	4

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
lade	5
lead	5
deal	5
dale	5