"leaden" meaning in English

See leaden in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɛdən/ Forms: more leaden [comparative], most leaden [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛdən Etymology: From Middle English leden, leaden, from Old English lēaden (“leaden, of lead”), equivalent to lead + -en. Cognate with West Frisian leaden (“leaden”), Dutch loden (“leaden”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leden}} Middle English leden, {{inh|en|ang|lēaden||leaden, of lead}} Old English lēaden (“leaden, of lead”), {{suffix|en|lead|en|id2=made of}} lead + -en, {{cog|fy|leaden||leaden}} West Frisian leaden (“leaden”), {{cog|nl|loden||leaden}} Dutch loden (“leaden”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} leaden (comparative more leaden, superlative most leaden)
  1. (dated) Made of lead. Tags: dated Translations (made of lead): رَصَاصِيّ (raṣāṣiyy) (Arabic), свінцо́вы (svincóvy) (Belarusian), валавя́ны (valavjány) (Belarusian), алавя́ны (alavjány) (Belarusian), оло́вен (olóven) (Bulgarian), olověný (Czech), loden (Dutch), lyijyinen (Finnish), bleiern (German), plumbeo [masculine] (Italian), plumbeus (Latin), оловен (oloven) (Macedonian), ołowiany (Polish), plúmbeo (Portuguese), свинцо́вый (svincóvyj) (Russian), luaidheach (Scottish Gaelic), о̏ло̄ван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȍlōvan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), olovený (Slovak), svinčen (Slovene), plúmbeo (Spanish), plomizo (Spanish), kurşun (Turkish), свинце́вий (svyncévyj) (Ukrainian), оли́в'яний (olývʺjanyj) (Ukrainian), בלײַען (blayen) (Yiddish)
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  2. Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish. Translations (pertaining to or resembling lead): оловносив (olovnosiv) (Bulgarian), оловно сив (olovno siv) (Bulgarian), olověný (Czech), lyijyinen (Finnish), plumbeus (Latin), plumbārius (Latin), plúmbeo (Portuguese), plúmbico (Portuguese), luaidheach (Scottish Gaelic), plúmbeo (Spanish), plomizo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-leaden-en-adj-5Q~kiVz3 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to or resembling lead': 10 90 0
  3. Dull; darkened with overcast. Synonyms: faint, wan, dim Translations (dull): lyijynharmaa (Finnish), ólomszürke (Hungarian), plumbeo (Italian), plúmbeo (Portuguese), cubierto (Spanish), nublado (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fly with leaden wings, leaden flycatcher, leaden-hearted, with leaden wings

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɛdən/ Forms: leadens [present, singular, third-person], leadening [participle, present], leadened [participle, past], leadened [past]
Rhymes: -ɛdən Etymology: From Middle English leden, leaden, from Old English lēaden (“leaden, of lead”), equivalent to lead + -en. Cognate with West Frisian leaden (“leaden”), Dutch loden (“leaden”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leden}} Middle English leden, {{inh|en|ang|lēaden||leaden, of lead}} Old English lēaden (“leaden, of lead”), {{suffix|en|lead|en|id2=made of}} lead + -en, {{cog|fy|leaden||leaden}} West Frisian leaden (“leaden”), {{cog|nl|loden||leaden}} Dutch loden (“leaden”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} leaden (third-person singular simple present leadens, present participle leadening, simple past and past participle leadened)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become dull or overcast. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-leaden-en-verb-FV-pY87s

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "made of lead",
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          "ref": "1818-1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Julian and Maddalo … if man be The passive thing you say, I should not see Much harm in the religions and old saws (Tho' I may never own such leaden laws)",
          "text": "Which break a teachless nature to the yoke."
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          "text": "the sky was leaden and thick",
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          "ref": "1999: Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 31 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)",
          "text": "It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers."
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "kurşun"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "svyncévyj",
      "sense": "made of lead",
      "word": "свинце́вий"
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      "sense": "pertaining to or resembling lead",
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      "sense": "pertaining to or resembling lead",
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      "sense": "pertaining to or resembling lead",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "dull",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "dull",
      "word": "ólomszürke"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "plumbeo"
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