Definitions
Guide; heavy metal
Word origin
From Middle English led, leed, from Old English lēad (“lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *laud (“lead”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Go ahead of others”4 letters
02“Go first”4 letters
03“Guide from the front”4 letters
04“Guide the way”4 letters
05“Be in front”4 letters
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