Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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lead | Yes | No | Yes | No |
trail | Yes | No | Yes | No |
lead (noun) | trail (noun) |
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the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge | a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country |
a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead') | evidence pointing to a possible solution |
a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire | a track or mark left by something that has passed |
thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing | |
restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal | |
the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine | |
an advantage held by a competitor in a race | |
evidence pointing to a possible solution | |
a news story of major importance | |
the introductory section of a story | |
an indication of potential opportunity | |
(baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base | |
an actor who plays a principal role | |
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning | |
the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile) | |
mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil | |
a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey |
lead (verb) | trail (verb) |
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cause to undertake a certain action | drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground |
preside over | hang down so as to drag along the ground |
lead, as in the performance of a composition | go after with the intent to catch |
travel in front of; go in advance of others | move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly |
take somebody somewhere | to lag or linger behind |
move ahead (of others) in time or space | |
be in charge of | |
be conducive to | |
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | |
be ahead of others; be the first | |
cause something to pass or lead somewhere | |
lead, extend, or afford access | |
produce as a result or residue | |
tend to or result in |