different between gold vs lead
gold
English
Alternative forms
- gould (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþ? (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??l?tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??elh?- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Related to yellow; see there for more.
Germanic cognates include Dutch goud, German Gold, Norwegian gull, Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages are Latvian zelts, Russian ??????? (zóloto), Persian ???? (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit ?????? (hira?ya).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???ld/, /???ld/, /???ld/
- (US) enPR: g?ld, IPA(key): /?o?ld/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?u?ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
Noun
gold (countable and uncountable, plural golds)
- (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
- (countable or uncountable) A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
- (uncountable) A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
- (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
- (countable) A gold medal.
- (figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
- (slang, in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.
Synonyms
- aurum
- E175 when used as a food colouring
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See gold/translations § Noun.
See also
- (place to pan for gold): lavatory
Adjective
gold (not generally comparable, comparative golder, superlative goldest)
- Made of gold.
- Having the colour of gold.
- (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
- Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies.
- Coordinate term: platinum
- 2000, Billboard (volume 112, number 20, page 52)
- The album went gold, then platinum, thanks to a second hit single, "It's A Miracle".
Translations
Synonyms
- (made of gold, having the colour of gold): golden
Verb
gold (third-person singular simple present golds, present participle golding, simple past and past participle golded)
- To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning
See also
Etymology 2
From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.
Adjective
gold (not comparable)
- (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
Adverb
gold (not comparable)
- of or referring to a gold version of something
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Gold”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- Mindat.org?[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English gold, from Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþ? (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??l?tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??elh?- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).
Noun
gold
- gold; a heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au
- a coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so
- a bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold
- a gold medal
- (fantasy role-playing games board games) miscellaneous unit of currency in fantasy genre
Adjective
gold
- having the colour of gold
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:gold.
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- golt (Sette Comuni)
Etymology
From Middle High German golt, from Old High German gold, from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ? (“gold”). Cognate with German Gold, English gold.
Noun
gold n
- (Luserna) gold (metal)
References
- “gold” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l/, [???l?]
- Rhymes: -?l
Adjective
gold
- barren, desolate
- sterile (unable to reproduce)
- dry, (of a cow) not producing milk
- En gold ko.
- A dry cow.
- En gold ko.
Inflection
Derived terms
- goldhed ("barrenness, sterility")
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
gold
- singular past indicative of gelden
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþ? (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??l?tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??elh?- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???ld/
Noun
gold (plural golds)
- gold (metal)
Derived terms
- gilden
- golden
Descendants
- English: gold
- Scots: gowd, goold
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?/ (example of pronunciation)
Adjective
gold (indefinite singular gold, definite singular and plural golde, comparative goldare, indefinite superlative goldast, definite superlative goldaste)
- frail, barren
References
- “gold” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?, from Proto-Indo-European *????tom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?old/, [?o?d]
Noun
gold n
- gold
Declension
Derived terms
- goldf?h
- gylden
Descendants
- Middle English: gold
- English: gold
- Scots: gowd, goold
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English gold.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?old]
Noun
gold (nominative plural golds)
- gold
Declension
Synonyms
- goldin (chemistry - Au)
- (obsolete): golüd (classic or original Volapük / Volapük rigik)
Derived terms
See also
- bronsöt
- kuprin (chemistry - Cu)
- largent
- largentin (chemistry - Ag)
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lead
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English led, leed, from Old English l?ad (“lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *laud (“lead”), borrowed from Proto-Celtic *?loudom, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots leid, lede (“lead”), North Frisian lud, luad (“lead”), West Frisian lead (“lead”), Dutch lood (“lead”), German Lot (“solder, plummet, sounding line”), Swedish lod (“lead”), Icelandic lóð (“a plumb, weight”), Irish luaidhe (“lead”) Latin plumbum (“lead”). Doublet of loth. More at flow.
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?d, IPA(key): /l?d/
- Homophone: led
Noun
lead (countable and uncountable, plural leads)
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
Derived terms
Translations
See lead/translations § Etymology 1.
Verb
lead (third-person singular simple present leads, present participle leading, simple past and past participle leaded)
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
Usage notes
Note carefully these three senses are verbs derived from the noun referring to the metallic element, and are unrelated to the heteronym defined below under #Etymology 2.
Translations
See lead/translations § Etymology 1.
See also
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Lead”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “lead”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
- lead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English leden, from Old English l?dan (“to lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijan? (“to cause one to go, lead”), causative of Proto-Germanic *l?þan? (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *leit-, *leith- (“to leave, die”).
Cognate with West Frisian liede (“to lead”), Dutch leiden (“to lead”), German leiten (“to lead”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lede (“to lead”), Norwegian Nynorsk leia (“to lead”), Swedish leda (“to lead”). Related to Old English l?þan (“to go, travel”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: l?d, IPA(key): /li?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /lid/
- Homophones: leed, lede
Verb
lead (third-person singular simple present leads, present participle leading, simple past and past participle led)
- (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch.
- They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill.
- 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 lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way.
- He leadeth me beside the still waters.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- 1664, Robert South, A Sermon Preached Before the University at Christ-Church, Oxon
- Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places.
- 1664, Robert South, A Sermon Preached Before the University at Christ-Church, Oxon
- To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
- That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life.
- 1849, Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H, XXXIII
- Nor thou with shadow'd hint confuse / A life that leads melodious days.
- 1849-50, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Chapter 61
- You remember […] the life he used to lead his wife and daughter.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (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.
- (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso
- As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way.
- c. 1819, Leigh Hunt, Abou Ben Adhem
- And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso
- (intransitive) To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (heading, sports)
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (transitive, climbing) Lead climb.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
- 1649, King Charles I of England, Eikon Basilike
- He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions.
- Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers lusts.
- 1649, King Charles I of England, Eikon Basilike
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- ca. 1590, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, V-ii
- The mountain-foot that leads towards Mantua.
- ca. 1590, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, V-ii
- To produce (with to).
- Misspelling of led.
- (transitive) To live or experience (a particular way of life).
Derived terms
Related terms
- lad, laddie
Translations
See lead/translations § Etymology 2.
Noun
lead (countable and uncountable, plural leads)
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord
- At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, […] I am sure I did my country important service.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
- (Britain, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (acting) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- John is the development lead on this software product.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- Usage note: When used alone it means outside lead, or lead for the admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release or exhaust.
- Charging lead. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (newspapers) A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (electrical) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (electrical) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
Usage notes
Note that these noun (attributive) uses are all derived from the verb, not the chemical element in #Etymology 1.
Derived terms
Translations
See lead/translations § Etymology 2.
Adjective
lead (not comparable)
- (not comparable) Foremost.
- Synonyms: first, front, head, leader, leading
- (music) main, principal
- 2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera:
- Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's ex-prime minister, has missed a verdict in a negligence trial that could have seen her jailed, prompting the Supreme Court to say it will issue an arrest warrant fearing she is a flight risk, according to the lead judge in the case.
- 2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera:
Etymology 3
Verb
lead
- Misspelling of led.
References
- lead in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- ALDE, Adel, Dale, Deal, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, adle, dale, deal, lade
Hungarian
Etymology
le- +? ad
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l??d]
- Hyphenation: le?ad
- Rhymes: -?d
Verb
lead
- (transitive) to pass down, hand down, turn in, drop off
- (transitive) to lose weight, usually as a result of some kind of training or exercise
Conjugation
Derived terms
- leadás
(Expressions):
- leadja a voksát
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *laud.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læ???d/
Noun
l?ad n
- lead
Declension
Derived terms
- l?eden
Descendants
- Middle English: led, lede, lead, leyd, leod, leyt
- English: lead
- Scots: leid, lede
- Yola: leed
Polish
Etymology
From English lead.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?it/
Noun
lead m inan
- (newspapers, journalism) lead paragraph, teaser, lead-in (start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how)
Declension
Further reading
- lead in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- lead in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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