lead poison meaning

Noun: poison    poyzun Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism - toxicant , poisonous substance   Anything that harms or destroys...

Adverb: in the lead Leading or ahead in a competition "our candidate is in the lead in the polls" - ahead , out front Adjective: in the lead Having the lead...

Verb: lead (led)   leed Take somebody somewhere "we led him to our chief" - take , direct , conduct , guide   Have as a result or residue - leav...

(Scot)   To house the harvest; [American slang] 1. to begin something; to work into something.    Let me lead into the first number with a little talk about the co...

lead into sth if one subject, discussion, piece of music etc leads into another, the second one follows naturally from the first because there is a clear connection between them: ▪ ...

Verb: lead on Entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken  Be false to; be dishonest with - deceive , delude , cozen Derived forms: leads on, led on, leading on...

lead on to/onto sth especially BrE to cause something to develop or make it possible for someone to do something at a later time: ▪ If a young child has problems with language,...

lead to sth not passive to cause something to happen, especially some time later: ▪ the events which led to the downfall of Margaret Thatcher ▪ Air-traffic controller...

Noun: lead-in    leed in The introductory section of a story "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter" - lead , lede   Wire connecting an ...

[Law] See POISON.