lead lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• 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"
• the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge "the lead was in the dummy"
• 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"
• a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads"
• mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
• thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
• restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
• the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
• an advantage held by a competitor in a race "he took the lead at the last turn"
• (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game