lead

1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection. (transitive) · a father leads a child· a jockey leads a horse with a halter
2. 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. (transitive) · The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely.
3. To direct; to counsel; to instruct. (figuratively, transitive) · A good teacher should lead their students to the right answer.
4. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit. (transitive) · to lead a political party· to lead the search team
5. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure. (transitive) · to lead someone to a righteous cause
6. To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc. (transitive)
7. 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. (intransitive)
8. To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among. (transitive) · 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.

Plural lead · He/she/it leads · Past led · Past participle led · -ing form leading