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/lɛd/ · noun
(uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum)..
This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top.
These rooms were on a level with the apartments of our friends Bows and Costigan next door at No. 4; and by reaching over the communicating leads, Grady could command the mignonette-box which bloomed in Bows’s window.
They pumped him full of lead.
All my life I want money and power Respect my mind or die from lead shower
You must remember to wear your leads.
continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
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Lead means (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum)..
Common synonyms include leaden, plumbic, plumbous, leaded.
Possible antonyms include follow.
This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
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