English words starting with le

Meanings of Le:

suffix

Forming names of appliances or instruments.

Usage examples:

Bridle

abbreviation

Language engineering.

Meanings of Le-dernier-cri:

noun

Something or someone that is very fashionable, new, and modern. dernier cri is french, meaning "last cry"

Usage examples:

This is the dernier cri in sports headgear., monet and pissarro were the dernier cri of art in 1889…

Meanings of Lea:

noun

An open area of grassy or arable land.

Usage examples:

The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea

Meanings of Leach:

verb

(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.

Usage examples:

The nutrient is quickly leached away

Meanings of Leachability:

noun

Susceptibility to leaching.

Meanings of Leachate:

noun

Water that has percolated through a solid and leached out some of the constituents.

Usage examples:

Already, from the illegal dumping that has already been done at the site, toxic leachate has pollut…

Meanings of Leaches:

verb

(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.

Usage examples:

The nutrient is quickly leached away

Meanings of Leaching:

verb

(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.

Usage examples:

The nutrient is quickly leached away

Meanings of Lead:

verb

Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.

Usage examples:

She emerged leading a bay horse

noun

The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.

Usage examples:

Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies

Meanings of Lead to:

verb

To manage or control a group of people; to be the person who makes decisions that other people choose to follow or obey

Usage examples:

Her sister is leading an effort to change this law., i’ve asked george to lead the discussion., [ t…

Meanings of Lead-balloon:

idiom

If something that you say or show to people goes down like a lead balloon, they do not like it at all

Usage examples:

My joke about the alcoholic went down like a lead balloon.

Meanings of Lead-in:

noun

Something that introduces something else, such as the words and music that are used to introduce a television programme

Meanings of Lead-off:

idiom

Set in motion, cause to start

adjective

Beginning a series or a process.

Usage examples:

The album's lead-off track

phrasal verb

To be the first of a series of people to do something

Usage examples:

"who’s the first speaker in the sales conference?" "sally is leading off.", the 1998 expedition led…

Meanings of Lead-on:

phrasal verb

To persuade someone to believe something that is untrue

Usage examples:

All that time she'd been leading him on (= pretending she liked him), but she was only interested i…

Meanings of Lead-the-way:

idiom

To be the best

Usage examples:

The company leads the way in developing new software., we all walked down toward the beach with the…

Meanings of Lead-up:

phrasal verb

To happen, say, or do in preparation for something

Usage examples:

In the three games leading up to the sugar bowl, his team yielded 35, 35, and 42 points., i thought…

Meanings of Lead-up-to:

phrasal verb

To happen, say, or do in preparation for something

Usage examples:

In the three games leading up to the sugar bowl, his team yielded 35, 35, and 42 points., i thought…

Meanings of Leaded:

adjective

(of windowpanes or a roof) framed, covered, or weighted with lead.

Usage examples:

Georgian-style leaded windows

Meanings of Leaden:

adjective

Dull, heavy, or slow.

Usage examples:

His eyelids were leaden with sleep

Meanings of Leader:

noun

The person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country.

Usage examples:

The leader of a protest group

Meanings of Leaderless:

adjective

Having no leader or person in charge

Usage examples:

His death left the alliance leaderless at a crucial moment., the team turned out to be a divided, l…

Meanings of Leaders:

noun

The person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country.

Usage examples:

The leader of a protest group

Meanings of Leadership:

noun

The action of leading a group of people or an organization.

Usage examples:

Different styles of leadership

Meanings of Leaderships:

noun

The action of leading a group of people or an organization.

Usage examples:

Different styles of leadership

Meanings of Leading:

adjective

Most important.

Usage examples:

A number of leading politicians

noun

Guidance or leadership, especially in a spiritual context.

Usage examples:

Things can be learned in many ways (spiritual leading is one way you pointed).

verb

Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.

Usage examples:

She emerged leading a bay horse