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leach
  • n  the process of leaching
  • v  cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate
  • v  permeate or penetrate gradually
    the fertilizer leached into the ground
  • v  remove substances from by a percolating liquid
    leach the soil
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leaching
  • n  the process of leaching
  • v  cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate
  • v  permeate or penetrate gradually
  • v  remove substances from by a percolating liquid
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leacock
  • n  Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944)
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lead
  • n  an advantage held by a competitor in a race
    he took the lead at the last turn
  • n  a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
    the children were playing with lead soldiers
  • n  evidence pointing to a possible solution
    the police are following a promising lead
  • n  a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead')
    he takes the lead in any group
    we were just waiting for someone to take the lead
    they didn't follow our lead
  • n  the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
  • n  the introductory section of a story
    it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter
  • n  (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
  • n  an actor who plays a principal role
  • n  (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
    he took a long lead off first
  • n  an indication of potential opportunity
    a good lead for a job
  • n  a news story of major importance
  • n  the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
  • n  restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
  • n  thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
  • n  mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
  • n  a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
    it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads
  • n  the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
    the lead was in the dummy
  • v  take somebody somewhere
    We lead him to our chief
  • v  have as a result or residue
  • v  tend to or result in
    This remark lead to further arguments among the guests
  • v  travel in front of; go in advance of others
  • v  cause to undertake a certain action
  • v  stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
  • v  be in charge of
  • v  be ahead of others; be the first
  • v  be conducive to
    The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing
  • v  lead, as in the performance of a composition; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
  • v  lead, extend, or afford access
  • v  move ahead (of others) in time or space
  • v  cause something to pass or lead somewhere
  • v  preside over
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lead-acid accumulator
  • n  a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte; each cell generates about 2 volts
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lead-acid battery
  • n  a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte; each cell generates about 2 volts
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lead-in
  • n  the introductory section of a story
    it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter
  • n  wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line
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lead acetate
  • n  a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes
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lead arsenate
  • n  a poisonous white solid (Pb3[AsO4]2) used as an insecticide
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lead bank
  • n  a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests
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lead chromate
  • n  a poisonous chromate of lead used as a pigment in paint
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lead colic
  • n  symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation
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lead glass
  • n  glass containing lead oxide; has a high refractive index
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lead pencil
  • n  pencil that has graphite as the marking substance
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lead plant
  • n  shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore
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lead poisoning
  • n  toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
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