lead

1. (transitive)To cover, fill, or affect with lead.

   continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.

   verbleien

   свинцева́тьsvincevátʹ

   lead, as in the performance of a composition

2. (historical, transitive)To place leads between the lines of.

   to lead a page

   leaded matter

3. To guide or conduct.

   (transitive)To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.

   a father leads a child

   a jockey leads a horse with a halter

   führen, leiten

   води́тьvodítʹ, вести́vestí, приводи́тьprivodítʹ

   води́тиvodýty, поводи́тиpovodýty, вести́vestý

4. (transitive)To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.

   The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely.

   води́тьvodítʹ, вести́vestí

5. (figuratively, transitive)To direct; to counsel; to instruct.

   A good teacher should lead their students to the right answer.

6. (transitive)To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.

   to lead a political party

   to lead the search team

   leiten

   руководи́тьrukovodítʹ

7. (transitive)To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.

   to lead someone to a righteous cause

   склоня́тьsklonjátʹ, приводи́тьprivodítʹ, привести́privestí

8. (transitive)To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.

   The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty.

9. (intransitive)To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.

10. To begin, to be ahead.

    (transitive)To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.

    the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages

    1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way.

    возглавля́тьvozglavljátʹ

11. (intransitive)To proceed in front of others; to go first.

    The standard-bearers led and the rest of the marchers followed.

    anführen

    начина́тьnačinátʹ

    be ahead of others; be the first

12. (intransitive)To be more advanced in technology or business than others.

    It leads in the information technology sector.

    опережа́тьoperežátʹ

1. What led you to this conclusion?

   Що привело вас до цього висновку? — deniko

   ruЧто привело вас к этому выводу? — marafon

   deWas führte dich zu diesem Schluss? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. This is as heavy as lead.

   Воно важке як камінюка. — pinaxe

   ruОно тяжёлое, как свинец. — fjay69

   deDas ist so schwer wie Blei. — Adelpa

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3. Where does this street lead to?

   Куди веде ця вулиця? — deniko

   ruКуда ведёт эта улица? — redscorp

   deWohin führt diese Straße? — Wolf

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4. She led the old man into the room.

   Вона відвела старика до кімнати. — deniko

   ruОна провела в комнату старого мужчину. — FeuDRenais

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5. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

   Можна привести коня до води, але не можна змусити його пити. — glossboss

   ruМожно привести коня к воде, но нельзя заставить его пить. — odexed

   deMan kann niemanden zu seinem Glücke zwingen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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regular

• lead offпочати, починатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, off.
• lead outпровести, вестиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, out.
• lead onобманути, обманюватиTo mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie.
• lead toзробити, робитиTo be a cause of.
• lead inUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, in.
• lead throughTo take turns leading an expedition.