Oh my word Lead, Led, LED

Nestle’s Maggi noodles is banned in many states of India because of high percentage of lead. Knowingly, or unknowingly, taking excess amount of lead leads to lead-poisoning. Mahatma Gandhi led India to achieve political freedom with the weapon of non-violence, but we are not able to lead our lives in his path.

Australians cricketers performed exceedingly well because the visionary captains lead the team. Lead has many meanings, and also functions as a noun, verb and forms compound words and also as an adjective (the lead player, the lead author of the report).

As a noun, lead means a soft metal of dull grayish colour used in manufacturing of pipes, roofing material, and as shield from radiation. Lead is mixed with other metals to form alloys. Lead is the thick stick of graphite used in pencils. Lead is used as a lump and fastened to a cord to measure depth of water beneath a ship. Leads is a plural noun meaning strops of lead used to cover a roof, leads are used to form a framework of windows such as a lattice window.

Lead as a verb: cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward (she emerged leading a bay horse); be a route or means of access to a particular place or in a particular direction (the door led to a better-lit corridor, a path through the park leads to the beach).

Lead as a noun: the initiative in an action; an example for others to follow (Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies); a position of advantage in a contest; first place (the team burst into life and took the lead). Leaded is an adjective. Leaded means covered or framed or mixed with lead: leaded windows, leaded fuel, etc.

Indian petrol stations sell unleaded petrol. Leaden is an adjective meaning dull, heavy or slow (his eyelids were leaden with sleep); inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move: a leaden weight; leaden feet. The development of roads and bridges is being undertaken at a leaden pace.

She had a leaden heart but she is striving to make it colourful: going for yoga. Lead-coloured is an adjective: dull grey colour. Lead-poisoning (noun) is a disease by taking lead into the body beyond permissible limits. Led is the past tense and past participle of lead (lead-led-led).

Lead means giving guidance to others by leading in the front; the difference in distance between competitors in a race (she leads by ten metres, India is a leading cricketing nation), ‘the lead’ means first position (as of now). LED is an abbreviation for light-emitting diode. LED TV & HD (High Definition) are becoming popular because of picture quality.