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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lead \Lead\ (l[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Led} (l[e^]d); p. pr & vb n. {Leading}.] [OE. leden, AS l[=ae]dan (akin to OS l[=e]dian, D. leiden, G. leiten, Icel. le[imac][eth]a, Sw leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr AS li[eth]an to go akin to OHG. l[imac]dan, Icel. l[imac][eth]a, Goth. lei[thorn]an (in comp.). Cf {Lode}, {Loath}.] 1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man. If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch. --Wyclif (Matt. xv 14.) They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill. --Luke iv 29. In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. --Milton. 2. To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end by making the way known to show the way esp. by going with or going in advance of Hence figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil. The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way --Ex. xiii. 21. He leadeth me beside the still waters. --Ps. xxiii. 2. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide. --Milton. 3. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of as to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party. Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places. --South. 4. To go or to be in advance of to precede; hence to be foremost or chief among; as the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages. As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way --Fairfax. And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. --Leigh Hunt. 5. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad to prevail on to induce; to entice; to allure; as to lead one to espouse a righteous cause He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions. --Eikon Basilike Silly women, laden with sins,led away by divers lusts. --2 Tim. iii. 6 (Rev. Ver.). 6. To guide or conduct one's self in through or along (a certain course); hence to proceed in the way of to follow the path or course of to pass; to spend. Also to cause one to proceed or follow in (a certain course). That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. --1 Tim. ii 2. Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson. You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter. --Dickens. 7. (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with as to lead trumps; the double five was led. {To lead astray}, to guide in a wrong way or into error; to seduce from truth or rectitude. {To lead captive}, to carry or bring into captivity. {To lead the way}, to show the way by going in front; to act as guide. --Goldsmith. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Led \Led\ (l[e^]d), imp. & p. p. of {Lead}. {Led captain}. An obsequious follower or attendant. [Obs.] --Swift. {Led horse}, a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led along From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: led adj : having leadership guidance [ant: {unled}] n : light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used [syn: {light-emitting diode}, {LED}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: LED{Light-Emitting Diode}. From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: LED Light-Emitting Diode
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