"lead" meaning in Englisch

See lead in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: liːd Forms: lead [positive]
  1. erste, vorder
    Sense id: de-lead-en-adj-0ykWq0Qg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foremost, first, leading Translations (erste, vorder): erste (Deutsch), vorder (Deutsch)

Noun

IPA: lɛd Forms: the lead [singular], the leads [plural]
Etymology: [1]
  1. Blei Tags: no-plural
    Sense id: de-lead-en-noun-I~rnVL4T
  2. Senkblei, Senklot
    Sense id: de-lead-en-noun-5BLzSwPl
  3. isolierte, meist flexible elektrische Leitung, Ader
    Sense id: de-lead-en-noun-e84IpRBc
  4. dünner langer Stift aus Graphit; Bleistiftmine
    Sense id: de-lead-en-noun-6NdQf7bS
  5. Dach, das mit Schindeln aus Blei bedeckt ist Tags: plural
    Sense id: de-lead-en-noun-Gvi3suuU
  6. Fensterfassung aus Blei (vor allem bei Kirchenfenstern)
    Sense id: de-lead-en-noun-CgbyHiS2
  7. Raum zwischen den Zeilen; Durchschuss
    Sense id: de-lead-en-noun-nD2VNgjC
  8. Gewindesteigung
    Sense id: de-lead-en-noun-PY2OnMsp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leading, flank lead Hypernyms: chemical element, heavy metal, post-transition metal Derived forms: lead mold, lead-free, leaded, lead-poisoning, connecting lead, lead pencil, leaded light, basic lead Translations (Dach, das mit Schindeln aus Blei bedeckt ist): Bleidach [neuter] (Deutsch) Translations (Fensterfassung aus Blei): Bleifassung [feminine] (Deutsch) Translations (Gerät, mit dem der senkrechte Verlauf einer Kante gemessen und geprüft wird): Senkblei [neuter] (Deutsch), Senklot [neuter] (Deutsch) Translations (Gewindesteigung): Gewindesteigung [feminine] (Deutsch) Translations (Raum zwischen den Zeilen): Durchschuss [masculine] (Deutsch) Translations (chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 82): Blei [neuter] (Deutsch) Translations (dünner langer Stift aus Graphit): Bleistiftmine [feminine] (Deutsch) Translations (isolierte, meist flexible elektrische Ader): Leitung [feminine] (Deutsch)

Noun

IPA: liːd Forms: the lead [singular], the leads [plural]
  1. bedeutendste Figur in einem Theaterstück oder Film; Hauptrolle
    Sense id: de-lead-en-noun-d~AQV12W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (bedeutendste Figur in einem Theaterstück oder Film): Hauptrolle [feminine] (Deutsch)

Verb

IPA: lɛd Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present lead, he leads, she leads, it leads, simple past leaded, present participle leading, past participle leaded
  1. mit Blei legieren; verbleien
    Sense id: de-lead-en-verb-lf7q7bGw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unleaded Translations (mit Blei legieren): verbleien (Deutsch)

Verb

IPA: liːd Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present lead, he leads, she leads, it leads, simple past led, present participle leading, past participle led
  1. führen, leiten
    Sense id: de-lead-en-verb-~uGSDDGB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (führen, leiten): führen (Deutsch), leiten (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 82",
      "sense_index": "1",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "Blei"
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "isolierte, meist flexible elektrische Ader",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leitung"
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "dünner langer Stift aus Graphit",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bleistiftmine"
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Dach, das mit Schindeln aus Blei bedeckt ist",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Bleidach"
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Fensterfassung aus Blei",
      "sense_index": "6",
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      "sense": "Raum zwischen den Zeilen",
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "Gewindesteigung",
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      "parents": [],
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mit Blei legieren",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "verbleien"
    }
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      "word": "play the lead"
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      "raw_tags": [
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "bedeutendste Figur in einem Theaterstück oder Film",
      "sense_index": "1",
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      "form": "she leads"
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      "form": "it leads"
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          "text": "This way leads to Aberdeen.",
          "translation": "Dieser Weg führt nach Aberdeen."
        }
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        "führen, leiten"
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      "sense": "führen, leiten",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "führen, leiten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "leiten"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "Brett A. Stoneberger, Combat Leader's Field Guide (2005), Seite 41",
          "text": "„Covered by the rear element, the lead element moves forward, halts, and assumes overwatch positions.“"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Margaret Estivalet, Pierre Brisson, The Engineering of Sport 7, 1. Band (2009), Seite 420",
          "text": "„The cyclist behind him took the lead position automatically without varying the group speed.“"
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          "text": "She won the lead role in the film.",
          "translation": "Sie hat die erste Rolle [Hauptrolle] in dem Film gewonnen."
        }
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      "sense_index": "1",
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "leading"
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      "lang_code": "de",
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "erste, vorder",
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      "word": "lead mold"
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    {
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      "sense_index": "1",
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "lead-poisoning"
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      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "connecting lead"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "lead pencil"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "6",
      "word": "leaded light"
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      "word": "basic lead"
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    {
      "note": "sich vor der Arbeit drücken (indem man vorgibt krank zu sein)",
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      "word": "lead-managed by"
    }
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "chemical element"
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "heavy metal"
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "post-transition metal"
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  "senses": [
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        {
          "text": "The coin was made of lead.",
          "translation": "[2–4, 6–8]"
        }
      ],
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        "Blei"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Chemie"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "no-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Senkblei, Senklot"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "isolierte, meist flexible elektrische Leitung, Ader"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Elektrotechnik"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dünner langer Stift aus Graphit; Bleistiftmine"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Francis Bacon",
          "text": "„I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top.“"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dach, das mit Schindeln aus Blei bedeckt ist"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "meist"
      ],
      "sense_index": "5",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Fensterfassung aus Blei (vor allem bei Kirchenfenstern)"
      ],
      "sense_index": "6"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Raum zwischen den Zeilen; Durchschuss"
      ],
      "sense_index": "7"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Gewindesteigung"
      ],
      "sense_index": "8"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "lɛd"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "7",
      "word": "leading"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "8",
      "word": "flank lead"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 82",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Blei"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Gerät, mit dem der senkrechte Verlauf einer Kante gemessen und geprüft wird",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Senkblei"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Gerät, mit dem der senkrechte Verlauf einer Kante gemessen und geprüft wird",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Senklot"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "isolierte, meist flexible elektrische Ader",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leitung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "dünner langer Stift aus Graphit",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bleistiftmine"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Dach, das mit Schindeln aus Blei bedeckt ist",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bleidach"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Fensterfassung aus Blei",
      "sense_index": "6",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bleifassung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Raum zwischen den Zeilen",
      "sense_index": "7",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Durchschuss"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Gewindesteigung",
      "sense_index": "8",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gewindesteigung"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lead"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Verb (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "unleaded"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present lead"
    },
    {
      "form": "he leads"
    },
    {
      "form": "she leads"
    },
    {
      "form": "it leads"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past leaded"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle leading"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle leaded"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "lead",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verb",
  "raw_tags": [
    "regelmäßig"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mit Blei legieren; verbleien"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "lɛd"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mit Blei legieren",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "verbleien"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lead"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "expressions": [
    {
      "word": "play the lead"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the lead",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the leads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "lead",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bedeutendste Figur in einem Theaterstück oder Film; Hauptrolle"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "US-amerikanisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "liːd"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "bedeutendste Figur in einem Theaterstück oder Film",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hauptrolle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lead"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Verb (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present lead"
    },
    {
      "form": "he leads"
    },
    {
      "form": "she leads"
    },
    {
      "form": "it leads"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past led"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle leading"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle led"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "lead",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This way leads to Aberdeen.",
          "translation": "Dieser Weg führt nach Aberdeen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "führen, leiten"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "liːd"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "irregular"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "führen, leiten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "führen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "führen, leiten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "leiten"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lead"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Adjektiv (Englisch)",
    "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lead",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "lead",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjektiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Brett A. Stoneberger, Combat Leader's Field Guide (2005), Seite 41",
          "text": "„Covered by the rear element, the lead element moves forward, halts, and assumes overwatch positions.“"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Margaret Estivalet, Pierre Brisson, The Engineering of Sport 7, 1. Band (2009), Seite 420",
          "text": "„The cyclist behind him took the lead position automatically without varying the group speed.“"
        },
        {
          "text": "She won the lead role in the film.",
          "translation": "Sie hat die erste Rolle [Hauptrolle] in dem Film gewonnen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "erste, vorder"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "liːd"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "foremost"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "first"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "leading"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "erste, vorder",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "erste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "erste, vorder",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "vorder"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lead"
}

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