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Lead
- noun -
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first"
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads"
- a news story of major importance
- 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 soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers"
- an actor who plays a principal role
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the lead at the last turn"
- an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
- be ahead of others; be the f
Leaf
- noun - a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
- hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
- look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
- produce leaves, of plants
- the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- turn over pages; "leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript"
Leak
- noun - a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak"
- an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak"
- be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
- enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"
- have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"
- soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
- tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
- the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
- unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
Leal
- adjective - faithful and true; "leal to the core of her intrepid Scottish heart"- Harry Lauder
Lean
- adjective - cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall"
- cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
- containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
- lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
- lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"
- not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
- rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
- to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the baniste
Leap
- noun - a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
- an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
- cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
- jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
- move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
- the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
Lear
- noun - British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
Leas
- noun - a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
- a unit of length of thread or yarn
- Shelter
Leat
- - An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill.