Lead (disambiguation)

Lead can have several meanings (and pronunciations):

• Lead (pron. led), a soft, malleable metal element
• Pencil lead (pron. led), which is actually graphite
• The lead (pron. leed) story in news writing
• Lead actor or lead actress (pron. leed)
• Lead singer (pron. leed), especially in barbershop music
• Lead instrument, such as lead guitar (pron. leed)
• A leash with which to lead (pron. leed) an animal
• Lead (marketing) (pron. leed), in marketing, a potential customer
• Lead (dance) (pron. leed), in dance, the direction or guidance one partner (normally the male) communicates to the other
• Lead (geology) (pron. leed), a subsurface feature with the potential to have entrapped oil or gas, and which is constrained by several seismic traverses.
• Lead (electronics) (pron. leed) is a metallic wire for electrical devices and equipments, to send or receive electrical signal, and/or power.
• Lead, North Yorkshire, a city in the United Kingdom
• Lead, South Dakota, a city in the United States
• A news lead, a tip that may lead to the uncovering of interesting facts
• The first part of every orthographic syllable in Hangul, also known as “initial”
• Lead, a Japanese pop group.
• Lead, a chemical entity in Drug discovery.