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offlead

offlead verb: to lead off or away.

Verb

offlead (third-person singular simple present offleads, present participle offleading, simple past and past participle offled)

  1. (transitive) To lead off or away.
    • In Jan., 1963, the m/v Diversity, inbound from a drill rig after attempting to offlead drill mud, capsized in heavy weather.1970, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Preprints - Offshore Technology Conference
    • Sevenoaks adds: "In just one month, we've been approached by 50 dealers anxious to offlead their prerecorded videocassettes," […]1989 December 28, Billboard

Forms of offlead

third-person singular presentoffleads
present participleoffleading
past participleoffled
pastoffled

Origin of offlead

From off- + lead.

Questions about offlead

What does offlead mean?
Offlead means to lead off or away.
What part of speech is offlead?
Offlead is a verb.
What is the past tense of offlead?
The past tense of offlead is offled.

Words near offlead in the dictionary

  1. offkey
  2. offlaid
  3. offlay
  4. offlaying
  5. offlays
  6. offlead
  7. offlet
  8. offlets
  9. Offley
  10. Offleys
  11. offline

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