leads
/lɛdz/
leads is the plural of lead.
leads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lead.
Meaning of lead
Noun
lead (countable and uncountable, plural leads)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- plumbum
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- Although I could distinctly see the bottom, yet, heaving the lead, I found the ship in fifteen fathoms.1833, Edgar Allan Poe, MS. Found in a Bottle
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Building”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
Phrases with leads
- leads in
- leads on
- leads to
- dog leads
- leads off
- leads out
- jump leads
- axial leads
- black leads
- leads up to
- power leads
- shift leads
20 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Welsh leads
- kettle leads
- leads astray
- pencil leads
- leads nowhere
- leads the way
- leads through
- friendly leads
- leads the line
- extension leads
- leads the charge
- tetraethyl leads
- leads by the nose
- leads from the front
- leads with one's chin
- if it bleeds, it leads
- one word leads to another
- one thing leads to another
- leads someone up the garden path
- leads someone down the garden path
Words that rhyme with leads
Questions about leads
- What is leads the plural of?
- Leads is the plural of lead.
- How do you pronounce leads?
- Leads is pronounced /lɛdz/.
Words near leads in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: leads (page history and authors); lead (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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