lead vs led
Definitions
noun
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
verb
- be in charge of
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- produce as a result or residue
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- lead, extend, or afford access
Examples
He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.
The Pepper Street gang, of which Jackie was the acknowledged leader, was not a gang of drug-selling hoods.
Band leader, Ray Blue, is also a composer, arranger and performer on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones.
Definitions
noun
- diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
Examples
The buildings are usually gabled, with rows of tiles along the ridges of the roofs.
Richardson, are proprietors of shows, and the berouged, bedraggled creatures who exhibit on the platform outside for their living.
These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys.
