How to pronounce lead

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What lead means

noun

Most people know lead in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

A soft, heavy, gray metal

In a sentence: The fishing line had a little weight made of lead to help it sink.

Where it comes from: It comes from the Old English word lēad, the name of this metal, which possibly goes back to a very old word meaning "to flow." It is a different word from lead, meaning to guide.

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