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First named author of a publication
In academic publishing, the lead author or first author is the first named author of a publication such as a research article or audit. Academic authorship
Lead_author
Creator of an original work
people worked in the country as authors, making an average of $61,240 per year. Lead author Academic authorship Authors' editor Writing Distributive writing
Author
Poisoning caused by lead in the body
Lead poisoning, also known as plumbism and saturnism, is a type of metal poisoning caused by the presence of lead in the human body. Symptoms of lead
Lead_poisoning
American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer
environmental scientist, educator, and writer. She is best known as lead author of the books The Limits to Growth and Thinking In Systems: A Primer.
Donella_Meadows
One of three parts of the 15th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica
heterodoxy of our time. — Mortimer J. Adler, in A Guidebook, pp. 91–2 The lead author was Nigel Calder, who wrote the introduction "The Universe of the Physicist
Propædia
Climate change activists
Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and co-lead the urban mitigation chapter. She is a Coordinating Lead Author for the urban
Women_in_climate_change
Civic hacker and solutions architect
blockchain technology and open sourced solutions. He is recognized as the lead author of the landmark Ethereum paper ERC-721: Non-Fungible Token Standard,
William_Entriken
American engineer
was an engineer, author, and teacher known for her expertise in computer system administration and networks. She was the lead author of the "bibles" of
Evi_Nemeth
Scientific intergovernmental body
chapter has many authors to write and edit the material. A typical chapter has two coordinating lead authors, ten to fifteen lead authors, and a larger number
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change
Words which have been described as inherently funny
rude, another factor was suggested to also be significant. The study's lead author, Chris Westbury from the University of Alberta, suggests that the humor
Inherently_funny_word
Indian climate scientist
achieve higher resolution and greater complexity in climate models. As a lead author involved in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Ramaswamy's
Venkatachalam_Ramaswamy
Indo-Canadian serial entrepreneur, angel investor and author
angel investor, author, speaker, and technology strategist. He is the Founding Executive Director of Singularity University and lead author of Exponential
Salim_Ismail
Opening paragraph of an article, chapter, or other written work
A lead paragraph (sometimes shortened to lead; in the United States sometimes spelled lede) is the opening paragraph of an article, book chapter, or other
Lead_paragraph
Organolead compound
zinc ethyl (Zn(C2H5)2) and lead(II) chloride. Later authors credit both methods of preparation with producing tetraethyl lead. TEL remained unimportant
Tetraethyllead
British climate scientist and professor
as a Lead Author for the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports, and a Co-ordinating Lead Author for the Sixth Report. He also acted as a Lead Author of the
Piers_Forster
Variety of glass in which lead replaces the calcium content
Lead glass, commonly called crystal, is a variety of glass in which lead replaces the calcium content of a typical potash glass. Lead glass typically
Lead_glass
Paint containing lead compounds as pigments
White lead was being produced during the 4th century BC; the process is described by Pliny the Elder, Vitruvius, and the ancient Greek author Theophrastus
Lead_paint
Hypothesized effect of blood lead levels on criminal behavior
and the District of Columbia are included," the author concluded that "[o]verall, the phase-out of lead and the legalization of abortion appear to have
Lead–crime_hypothesis
Climate scientist
according to the UAH satellite record.[citation needed] Christy was a lead author of a section of the 2001 report by the IPCC and the U.S. CCSP report
John_Christy
American physicist and climatologist
to isolate climate signals from noisy data. As lead author of a paper produced in 1998 with co-authors Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes, Mann
Michael_E._Mann
Cause of death by drug overdose from poly drug use
of responsibility put on the patient's shoulders is going up,' said lead author David P. Phillips of the University of California, San Diego. ... The
Combined_drug_intoxication
American climate scientist
on Climate Change (IPCC), serving as Contributing Author, Lead Author, or Coordinating Lead Author on each assessment report since IPCC's first report
Michael_Oppenheimer
American folk and blues musician (1888–1949)
Ledbetter (January 15, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals
Lead_Belly
Dutch economist
round of corrections to the paper was necessary. Tol was a coordinating lead author of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Working Group II, contributing to
Richard_Tol
Climatologist
contributing author to Chapter 12, Detection of Climate Change and Attribution of Causes, of the Third Assessment Report and a Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter
Phil_Jones_(climatologist)
Environmental scientist (b. 1968)
primarily climate change mitigation. Ürge-Vorsatz was a coordinating lead author of both the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports (AR4 and AR5) of the
Diana_Ürge-Vorsatz
Professor of Ecological Economics
She was a lead author for Working Group 3 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report . She was also a lead author on the urbanisation
Julia_Steinberger
American computer scientist
Software in 2004. He is the co-inventor of the SPDY protocol and the lead author of the HTTP/2.0 specification. Belshe received his bachelor's degree
Mike_Belshe
Consultant, coder, author and speaker
Gayle Laakmann McDowell (born 1982) is a software engineer and author. She is the lead author of the career development series of books: Cracking the X. McDowell
Gayle_Laakmann_McDowell
ministers Christopher Patten and Michael Heseltine, and a convening lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Pearce was born in
David_Pearce_(economist)
British climate scientist known for data visualization graphics
digital analysis. Hawkins was a contributing author for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2014) and was a lead author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report in
Ed_Hawkins_(climatologist)
Australian meteorologist
(IPCC) was a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Arblaster was a lead author on Chapter 12 of the IPCC Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Fifth
Julie_Arblaster
Fringe hypothesis about a North American comet impact
scientist to be Holliday, who in 2023 was the lead author on a comprehensive refutation of YDIH, and a co-author, impact physicist Mark Boslough. Holliday
Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
Younger_Dryas_impact_hypothesis
Malian climatologist (born 1950)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since October 2015 and a lead author at the IPCC since 1990. Youba Sokona was born on 23 May 1950[citation
Youba_Sokona
American earth system scientist
socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) to be used in scenario analysis. He served as a lead author for several Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports. O'Neill
Brian_C._O'Neill
Credit for published scholarly work
paper. Academic writing Conflicts of interest in academic publishing Lead author Nicolas Bourbaki Scholarly communication Scientific writing Shamoo, Adil
Academic_authorship
Orthodox Jewish Rabbi
public issues, and has been a contributor to Chabad.org. He served as lead author of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute's educational course Living with
Shlomo_Yaffe
Disproven exoplanet orbiting Alpha Centauri B
results as the actual astronomical data. This led Xavier Dumusque, the lead author of the original paper, to concede "We are not 100 percent sure, but probably
Alpha_Centauri_Bb
British climatologist (born 1965)
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as a Lead Author of the Chapter on detection of change and attribution of causes, and
Myles_Allen
Argentine-American economist (born 1946)
Protocol, which has been international law since 2005. She was also a lead author on the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which won
Graciela_Chichilnisky
1982 film by Arthur Hiller
Author! Author! is a 1982 American autobiographical comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Israel Horovitz and starring Al Pacino. Armenian-American
Author!_Author!_(film)
Canadian businessman
(VisiCorp 1980) Lead Author, Visiplot graphing tool for IBM PC (VisiCorp 1981) Author, PAL Assembler for Commodore computers (Temtech, 1980) Author, POWER programming
Brad_Templeton
American cell biologist, born 1941
Founding Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and lead author of the textbook Molecular Cell Biology. Lodish's research focused on
Harvey_Lodish
Chemical compound
White lead is the basic lead carbonate 2PbCO3·Pb(OH)2. It is a complex salt, containing both carbonate and hydroxide ions. White lead occurs naturally
White_lead
British climate scientist
was a lead author for Working Group I and a contributing author for Working Group II of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. He was a lead author for Working
Richard_A._Betts
American meteorologist
was lead author on. A Multi-Platform Reanalysis of the Kankakee Valley Tornado Cluster on 30 June 2014 in 2019, which Lyza was lead author on. National
Anthony_Lyza
New Zealand and American climate scientist
Section at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research. He was a lead author of the 1995, 2001 and 2007 IPCC assessment reports. He also played major
Kevin_Trenberth
Czech computer scientist
models. He is the lead author of the 2013 paper that introduced the Word2vec technique in natural language processing and is an author on the FastText architecture
Tomáš_Mikolov
Chinese official history (completed in 636)
by Yan Shigu, Kong Yingda, and Zhangsun Wuji, with Wei Zheng as the lead author. In the third year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty (629), Emperor
Book_of_Sui
Musical score describing the essential elements of a song
commercial television cue) Problems playing this file? See media help. A lead sheet or fake sheet is a form of musical notation that specifies the essential
Lead_sheet
Scientific controversy regarding child sexual abuse
The study's lead author was psychologist Bruce Rind; it expanded on a 1997 meta-analysis for which Rind was also the lead author. The authors stated their
Rind_et_al._controversy
American climate scientist (born 1957)
Sustainability. Overpeck has authored more than 220 scientific publications. In 2007, he was a coordinating lead author on a report for the Intergovernmental
Jonathan_Overpeck
German hydrologist
both as a lead author and contributing author on chapters about freshwater resources and their management. Döll was a contributing author of the freshwater
Petra_Döll
American geophysicist
Chicago. He was a lead author on the Third Assessment Report of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and a co-author of the National Research
Raymond_Pierrehumbert
specimen bank", 1992 The Roman author Vitruvius reported the health dangers of lead and modern writers have suggested that lead poisoning played a major role
History_of_lead
Canadian academic
Agri-food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie. Since December 2010, he has been the lead author of Canada's Food Price Report. Charlebois was raised on a rural farm
Sylvain_Charlebois
Danish professor (born 1972)
Change (IPCC) author for the United Nations since 2010. Initially a contributing author on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, he was lead author on the IPCC
Sebastian_Mernild
American author of children's books (born 1937)
Avi, is an American author of young adult and children's literature. He won the Newbery Medal in 2003 for Crispin: The Cross of Lead, and was a runner-up
Avi_(author)
22 April 2015 published comment in Nature
judgement of scientific material that should be worthy of fair evaluation. Lead author Diana Hicks hoped that publishing the list in Nature would spread its
Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics
Leiden_Manifesto_for_Research_Metrics
Canadian environmental scientist
strategies to respond to climate change at the community scale. She is a lead author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. Burch studied international relationships
Sarah_Burch
Colombian climate scientist
the first Colombian woman to be selected as an author for an IPCC report, participating as lead author for Working Group I of the IPCC Sixth Assessment
Paola_Arias
(contributing author to the paleoclimate chapter of the fourth assessment report, lead author of sea-level change chapter of the fifth report, lead author of the
Anders_Levermann
Climatologist
Robert Mill Prize by the Royal Meteorological Society in 2002. He was a Lead Author of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and a Review Editor of the Sixth
Timothy_Osborn
Unapproved treatment for fibromyalgia
months in a sample of people diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome. The lead author of the study has suggested a number of reasons why some patients may
Guaifenesin_protocol
American author, editor and publishing executive (born 1964)
1964) is an American author, editor and publishing executive. She has written dozens of children's books and was the lead author of Writing Children's
Lisa_Rojany
Atmospheric sciences professor
and the American Meteorological Society. He has been a Coordinating Lead Author and contributor for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's reports
Donald_Wuebbles
Belgian climatologist
1.5°C in advance of the UN Paris Agreement" in 2015. He serves as a lead author on the annual Emissions Gap Reports from the United Nations Environment
Joeri_Rogelj
Content publishing on optical disks
Optical disc authoring, including CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc authoring, is the process of assembling source material—video, audio or other data—into the
Optical_disc_authoring
American businessman, academic, and author (born 1981)
Quest For The Car Of The Future (Simon and Schuster). Levi was also the lead author of the report Revolution Now, which he published while working in President
Levi_Tillemann
has been a lead author for several Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, including being the coordinating lead author of the 2001
William_Moomaw
American economist
director of the Energy Modeling Forum, an editor of Energy Economics, and a lead author of the IPCC (the work of the IPCC, including the contributions of many
John_Weyant
South African climatologist
She is a part time professor at the University of Twente. She was a lead author of Chapter 8 (Urban Areas) of Working Group II of the IPCC Fifth Assessment
Debra_Roberts
Indian climate-change scientist
serves on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as a Chapter Lead Author, Government of India advisory committees on climate change, energy and
Navroz_Dubash
Norwegian marine geologist and paleoceanographer
was a co-ordinating lead author for the paleoclimate chapter of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report and was one of the lead authors of the IPCC Fifth Assessment
Eystein_Jansen
on Climate Change (IPCC) lead author for the Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use. She is currently IPCC lead author for the 6th Assessment Report
Lindsay_Stringer
Process of refining lead metal
production of lead are generally referred to as lead smelters. Primary lead production[clarification needed] begins with sintering. Concentrated lead ore is
Lead_smelting
Academic, scientist
social inclusion in South Asia. Recently, Anjal was selected as the lead author for the prestigious special report, a part of the United Nation's Intergovernmental
Anjal_Prakash
Principle suggesting that time travel paradoxes are inherently impossible
After discussions with the lead author of the 1990 paper, John Friedman, they convinced themselves that time travel need not lead to unresolvable paradoxes
Novikov self-consistency principle
Novikov_self-consistency_principle
German oceanographer & climatologist (b.1960)
focuses on the role of ocean currents in climate change. He was one of the lead authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Rahmstorf is a co-founder of the
Stefan_Rahmstorf
Standards organization
specifications and helps developers create RSS applications. Dave Winer, the lead author of several RSS specifications and a longtime evangelist of syndication
RSS_Advisory_Board
American astronomer
all particularly at optical and infrared wavelengths. Boyajian was the lead author of the September 2015 paper "Where's the Flux?", which investigated the
Tabetha_S._Boyajian
American scientist and textbook author
Lisa A. Urry is an American scientist and textbook author. She is best known as the lead author of the widely used textbook Campbell Biology. The title
Lisa_Urry
and linguist working as a Professor at Tel Aviv University. He is the lead author of the IDF Code of Ethics. Asa Kasher is the grandson of talmudist Menachem
Asa_Kasher
American law professor (born 1949)
University Professor, the university's highest faculty honor. He is the lead author of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act and is a contributor to
Lawrence_Gostin
American author, software developer, and toy inventor
technical knowledge. Morrison quickly followed up this book by serving as lead author of Java Unleashed, which quickly became a best-seller. He went on to
Michael_Morrison_(author)
Clinical Academic Group within King's Health Partners. Taylor has been lead author and editor of the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry since
David_Taylor_(professor)
Nigerian social entrepreneur
Editor/Co-Author, Get on Board: A Practical Guide to Establishing & Sustaining High-Impact Boards of Directors, Farafina; 2007 Lead Author, Defying the
Ndidi_Okonkwo_Nwuneli
served as a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2001 assessment report and as a lead author for the 2007 assessment
Joel_B._Smith
Climatologist
contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports and was a lead author on the Projections chapters of the Third and Fourth Assessment Reports
Sarah_Raper
German climatologist
water cycle. Jacob was one of the lead authors of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and was a coordinating lead author of the Special Report on Global Warming
Daniela_Jacob
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). Schimel was the convening lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which led to
David_Schimel
as a lead author of the 2007 and 2014 IPCC Scientific Assessment Reports on Climate Change, and is currently (as of 2018) coordinating lead author in the
Sergey_Gulev
Canadian scientist and politician
earth science, policy, education and anthropology journals. He was a lead author in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2nd,
Andrew_Weaver
Abisko Scientific Research Station where he served as director. He was a lead author of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Reports chapter on polar regions. Callaghan
Terry_Callaghan
American climate scientist (born 1941)
which was published in 2008 (ISBN 9781878220851). He was a Coordinating Lead Author for the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment
Richard_Somerville
Portuguese association football manager (born 1953)
World Cup campaign. Queiroz is the only manager in the country's history to lead them at three consecutive World Cups. Born in Angoche, Nampula, Portuguese
Carlos_Queiroz
Swiss climate scientist
Change (IPCC). She was a lead author of the IPCC's Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (2018) and a coordinating lead author of the Sixth Assessment
Sonia_I._Seneviratne
American scientist
in the Energy and Resources Group . Kammen is noted as a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the 2007
Daniel_Kammen
American economist and global health scholar
Report Office and was lead author of the "World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health." Also, at the WHO, he was lead author of the "World Health
Dean_Jamison
Pakistani climate change scholar (born 1965)
Security" (editor, 2003), and "Civic Entrepreneurship" (co-author, 2002). He was the lead author for the 2018 Pakistan National Human Development Report
Adil_Najam
LEAD AUTHOR
LEAD AUTHOR
Female
English
 Old English name LEA means "meadow." Compare with another form of Lea.
Male
Hebrew
(×ֶלְעַד) Contracted form of Hebrew El'adah, ELAD means "whom God puts on."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Middle English re(a)d ‘red’.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, from an unattested Old English rīed, r̄d ‘woodland clearing’.English : Read in Lancashire, the name of which is a contracted form of Old English rǣghēafod, from rǣge ‘female roe deer’, ‘she-goat’ + hēafod ‘head(land)’; Rede in Suffolk, so called from Old English hrēod ‘reeds’; or Reed in Hertfordshire, so called from an Old English ryhð ‘brushwood’.English : A family called Read were established in America in the early 18th century by John Read, who was born in Dublin, sixth in descent from Sir Thomas Read of Berkshire, England. His son, George Read (1733–98), was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and as a lawyer helped frame the Constitution.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places in northern France named with the Germanic element lÄr ‘clearing’.English : variant of Layer.English : nickname from Old English hlÄ“or ‘cheek’, ‘face’Irish : reduced Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Giolla Uidhir ‘son of the swarthy lad’ or ‘son of the servant of Odhar’, a byname from odhar (genitive uidhir) ‘dun-colored’, ‘weatherbeaten’. Compare McAleer.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Devon)
English (chiefly Devon) : nickname for a thin or lean person, from Middle English lene ‘lean’ (Old English hlǣne).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).Reduced form of Scottish McLean.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from an Old English byname, Red, READ means "red-headed or ruddy-complexioned."Â
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and Irish
Scottish and Irish : possibly a reduced and altered form of McLeish.English : see Lees 2.Americanized form of German Lasch.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Middle English mede ‘meadow’ (Old English mǣd).English : metonymic occupational name for a brewer or seller of mead (Old English meodu), an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey.
Female
Hebrew
(לֵ×ָה) Hebrew name LEAH means "weary." In the bible, this is the name of Jacob's first wife. Compare with other forms of Leah.
Female
English
 Variant spelling of Old English Lea, LEAH means "meadow." Compare with other forms of Leah.
Surname or Lastname
English, Spanish, and Portuguese
English, Spanish, and Portuguese : nickname for a loyal or trustworthy person, from Old French leial, Spanish and Portuguese leal ‘loyal’, ‘faithful (to obligations)’, Latin legalis, from lex, ‘law’, ‘obligation’ (genitive legis).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a metonymic nickname for a needy person, from Middle English ne(e)d ‘need’.Respelling of German Nied.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a loud, rushing stream, Old English hl̄de, or a habitational name from Lead in West Yorkshire, which is named from Old English lǣd ‘water course’ or Old English hlēda ‘ledge’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Kent)
English (chiefly Kent) : from Middle English heved ‘head’, applied as a nickname for someone with some peculiarity or disproportion of the head, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or at the head of a stream or valley. This surname has long been established in Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal names Lēofa (masculine) and Lēofe (feminine) ‘dear’, ‘beloved’. These names were in part short forms of various compound names with this first element, in part independent affectionate bynames.English : apparently a topographic name for someone who lived in a densely foliated area, from Middle English lēaf ‘leaf’; a certain Robert Intheleaves is recorded in London in the 14th century.Americanized form of Swedish Lö(ö)f, Löv, an ornamental name from löv ‘leaf’.English translation of the Ashkenazic Jewish ornamental surname Blatt.
Female
Greek
(Λήδα) Greek name LEDA means "woman." In mythology, this is the name of the mother of Kastor, Pollux and Helen.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Leake.
Female
Hebrew
 Variant spelling of Hebrew Leah, LEA means "weary." Compare with another form of Lea.
Female
English
(Λήδα) Greek name LEDA means "woman." In mythology, this is the name of the mother of Castor, Pollux and Helen.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Danish, Finnish, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Swedish, Telugu
Lead
LEAD AUTHOR
LEAD AUTHOR
Girl/Female
Tamil
Friend, Dignity
Boy/Male
Hindu
Victorious, Dhritarashtras charioteer
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
Star
Girl/Female
Indian, Modern
Lion Princess
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Bright Shining
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Of Heaven and Earth; The Silk Cotton Tree
Biblical
the father of strength,father of, i.e. possessing, strength
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Reflection; Mirror
Girl/Female
Tamil
Leafy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the city of this name.
LEAD AUTHOR
LEAD AUTHOR
LEAD AUTHOR
LEAD AUTHOR
LEAD AUTHOR
v. t.
To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
imp. & p. p.
of Lead
a.
Resembling lead.
a.
Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
imp. & p. p.
of Lead.
n.
An article made of lead or an alloy of lead
v. t.
To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
v. t.
To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party.
v. t.
To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.
v. t.
To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.
v. t.
To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.
n.
Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
imp. & p. p.
of Read
v. t.
To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.
n.
The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
v. t.
To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
a.
Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
n.
A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
n.
A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils.
n.
precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second.