English-Dutch translations for lead

• lood
  Ook lood wordt al minder gebruikt. The use of lead is also becoming less common.
  Wij voeren parameters in voor lood. We are introducing parameters relating to lead.
  Niemand wilde in het verleden een ander kwaad doen door lood te gebruiken. Nobody wanted to harm anyone in the past by using lead.
• aanknopingspunt
• geleiden
  Destijds had ik echter het ambt van minister-president aanvaard met de taak om deze staat juist af te schaffen en de Oost-Duitsers naar de eenheid te geleiden. However, I became Prime Minister in order to abolish the GDR and to lead the East Germans into unity.
• helpen
  Het is een boodschap van hoop voor diegenen die Noord-Ierland vooruit willen helpen. It gives a message of hope to those who would lead Northern Ireland forward.
  Het is daarom nodig om gemeenschappelijke Europese beleidslijnen uit te werken om dit probleem de wereld uit te helpen. That is why common European policies leading to the eradication of this problem are needed.
  Daarmee helpen we de zuidelijke landen op weg en dwingen we de Amerikanen tot een akkoord. In so doing, we will lead the countries of the South and force an agreement out of the Americans.
• leiden
  Maar wie gaat deze verandering leiden? But who should lead this change?
  Dit soort debatten leiden nergens toe. Debates such as this lead nowhere.
  We hebben gezien waar dat toe kan leiden. We have seen what this can lead to.
• loden
  De Denen denken geen kosten te maken, zij hebben blijkbaar geen loden waterleidingen. The Danes reckon on no costs, obviously they have no lead pipes.
  Ik beschouw de 'loden jaren' als een moeilijke periode voor Italië! I do think that the Years of Lead were difficult years for Italy!
  Het Verenigd Koninkrijk is één van de landen die problemen hebben met loden leidingen. The United Kingdom is one of the countries which has a problem with lead piping.
• vingerwijzing
• voorsprong
  Europa heeft een voorsprong op dit gebied, maar we ondersteunen het niet. We have a lead in Europe but we are not encouraging that.
  We moeten de voorsprong die Europa heeft op het gebied van mobiele communicatie veiligstellen. We have to safeguard Europe' s lead in mobile communications.
  De klok tikt door. De Verenigde Staten zijn bezig hun voorsprong te vergroten. Time is running out, and the United States is increasing its lead.

Definition of lead

• 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''
• A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing
• Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs
• A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago used in pencils
• To cover, fill, or affect with lead
• To place leads between the lines of
• ''To guide#Verb|guide or conduct#Verb|conduct.''
• To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb
• To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
• To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place
• To produce (with ''to''
• The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
• Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game
• An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment
• The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
• The main role in a play or film; the lead role
• The actor who plays the main role; lead actor
• A lode
• A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
• Charging lead.
• The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet
• Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident
• Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer
• Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details
• A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity
• The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts
• The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts
• The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft
• The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it
• Foremost
• main, principal

Examples

• This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines
• They pumped him full of lead
• continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle
• to lead a page
• leaded matter
• a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man
• The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely
• A good teacher should lead their students to the right answer
• to lead a political party
• to lead the search team
• The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty
• the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages
• to lead trumps
• He led the ace of spades
• The batter always leads off base
• to lead someone to a righteous cause
• the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices
• The shock led to a change in his behaviour
• to take the lead
• to be under the lead of another
• the white horse had the lead
• to be in the lead
• She lost the lead
• Smith managed to extend her lead over the second place to half a second
• The runner took his lead from first
• your partner has the lead
• The investigation stalled when all leads turned out to be dead ends
• The police have a couple of leads they will follow to solve the case
• Joe is a great addition to our sales team, he has numerous leads in the paper industry
• The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position
• the lead guitarist
• lead trumpet

Related words

• plumb-
• plumbo-
• plumb dulcis