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Word entry · 4 letters

lead

Best crossword clue

"Go ahead of others"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɛd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted adelStarts with LEnds with D5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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.”

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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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