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Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon.
Terry Pratchett

Meaning of "leaden" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEADEN

leaden  [ˈlɛdən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEADEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leaden is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LEADEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of leaden in the English dictionary

The first definition of leaden in the dictionary is heavy and inert. Other definition of leaden is laboured or sluggish. Leaden is also gloomy, spiritless, or lifeless.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEADEN


Armageddon
ˌɑːməˈɡɛdən
Baden
ˈbaːdən
deaden
ˈdɛdən
Eden
ˈiːdən
forbidden
fəˈbɪdən
garden
ˈɡɑːdən
golden
ˈɡəʊldən
Gordon
ˈɡɔːdən
hidden
ˈhɪdən
holden
ˈhəʊldən
Jordan
ˈdʒɔːdən
laden
ˈleɪdən
London
ˈlʌndən
maiden
ˈmeɪdən
modern
ˈmɒdən
redden
ˈrɛdən
Seddon
ˈsɛdən
Sweden
ˈswiːdən
Wimbledon
ˈwɪmbəldən
wooden
ˈwʊdən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEADEN

lead-off
lead-up
lead(II) acetate
lead(II) oxide
Leadbeater´s cockatoo
Leadbelly
leaded
leaded petrol
leaden-eyed
leaden-limbed
leadenly
leadenness
leader
Leader of the House of Commons
Leader of the House of Lords
leaderboard
leaderene
leaderette
leaderless
leadership

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEADEN

Baden-Baden
Berchtesgaden
bin Laden
broaden
debt-laden
doom-laden
Haden
heavy-laden
loaden
menhaden
Ogaden
overladen
the Ogaden
theory-laden
threaden
unladen
Wiesbaden

Synonyms and antonyms of leaden in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEADEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «leaden» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of leaden

Translation of «leaden» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEADEN

Find out the translation of leaden to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leaden from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leaden» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沉重
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plomizo
570 millions of speakers

English

leaden
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सीसे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رصاصي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свинцовый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chumbo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সীসকনির্মিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plombé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Leaden
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bleiern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鉛色の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Leaden
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chậm chạp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விளைந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लीडन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kurşuni
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

plumbeo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ołowiany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

свинцевий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de plumb
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μολυβένια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drukkend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blytunga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blytung
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leaden

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEADEN»

The term «leaden» is regularly used and occupies the 94.781 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEADEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leaden

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2 QUOTES WITH «LEADEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word leaden.
1
John Milius
I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.
2
Terry Pratchett
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEADEN»

Discover the use of leaden in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leaden and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Leaden Skies: A Silver Rush Mystery
The summer of 1880: although possible investment in Leadville’s silver mines is a main reason that former president and Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant is now touring this city at the top of the Rockies, others in his retinue and in ...
Ann Parker, 2011
2
Adapting Leaden Fittings to the Modern House
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Bernhardt E Muller, 2010
3
Convict Love Tokens: The Leaden Hearts the Convicts Left Behind
These love tokens were created by convicted Britons before they were transported to Australia.
Michelle Field, Timothy Millett, 1998
4
The Archaeological Journal
D., F.S.A. A. ADDITIONAL NOTKS ON LEADEN FONTS. Since my paper on " Leaden Fonts" was printed in the Archaeological Journal for 1900" two more leaden fonts have to be recorded, and notice of one which has now disappeared must ...
‎1906
5
A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other ...
SheeT Lead: Lead early known — Roman pig lead — Ancient uses of lead — Leaden and iron coffo* — Casting sheet lead — Solder — Leaden books — Roofs covered with lead — Invention of rolled lead — Lead sheathing. Leaden Pipes: ...
Thomas Ewbank, 1849
6
A survey of London
Leaden porch. fi8 Simon Eyre builds a granary for the city at Leadenhall. man, sold it over to John Moore, alderman, that now possesseth it. Next is a house called the Leaden porch, lately divided into two tenements ; whereof one is a tavern, ...
John Stow, William John Thoms, 1876
7
The Elements of materia medica and therapeutics
Sometimes there is a leaden antechamber to receive and mix the gases before their entrance into the large chamber. Sometimes the leaden chamber is divided into two or three compartments by leaden curtains placed across it, as shown in ...
Jonathan Pereira, 1852
8
A Handbook of British Lepidoptera
Head dark leaden-metallic. Antennae with apex in ? white. Forewings orange, sometimes suffnsed with purple-brown ; a black basal blotch, extended on costa, where it is preceded and followed by leaden-metallic spots, posterior often ...
Edward Meyrick, 1895
9
Notes for a history of lead: and an inquiry into the ...
leaden weights upon their knuckles to increase the force of their blows.1 Curious little leaden figures of nude women, some three or four inches high, of Greek or Roman origin, are preserved in some of the museums of Europe. These figures ...
‎1888
10
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
To smooth and polish (the bore of a rifled gun) by the application of a leaden lap. When once rifled, the barrel cannot— as In the Henry, Ratchet, and other riflings — be leaded or otherwise regulated, except with the rifling machine.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEADEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leaden is used in the context of the following news items.
1
True Detective: Let's Rap About "Other Lives" - True … - TV.com
With that in mind, did "Other Lives" built on the success of that shootout, or did it simply serve as a standout moment in an otherwise leaden, ... «TV.com, Jul 15»
2
Humans episode 6 - Digital Spy
Humans has the ability to info-dump without ever dealing in leaden exposition. The scenes between George (William Hurt) and Niska (Emily ... «Digital Spy, Jul 15»
3
Why Raheem Sterling should beware pitfalls of the record signing …
However, since before Christmas kicked in and Di María's hamstring kicked out, the Argentinian attacker has looked leaden footed and his play ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Sinead O'Connor becomes a grandmother - RTÉ Ten
In an expletive-leaden Facebook post, the singer wrote "What is this **** doing on the cover of Rolling Stone? Music has officially died". «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
5
Winter's tails: Get ready for a big night out - Daily Express
... urchin, the old name for hedgehogs, was daring to venture out when the sun was above the horizon, albeit disguised by leaden rainclouds. «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Mitch punctuates Smith's classic | cricket.com.au
... End after Starc's initial spell, pushing the speed gun to 90mph and pegging back Ballance's off-stump as the leaden-footed left-hander failed ... «cricket.com.au, Jul 15»
7
PREMIERE: Watch Brick + Mortar's Video for “Staying Gold”
... private pools for rowdy skateboarding, running through leaden suburbs aimlessly, drinking beer and flirting with girls. And duh, taking selfies. «Noisey, Jul 15»
8
'The Pinch,' by Steve Stern
What feels like leaden exposition in a novel — and there is enough historical context and explication shoehorned into these pages to recall a ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
Petrak: When cancer is in the family, the fear is real - Chicago Tribune
The feeling of "not if, but when" common in many relatives of those who have lost loved ones to cancer is a leaden dread mingled with ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
10
'Ant-Man' too small to work without Avengers colony - Tom Tangney …
And much of the humor is equally leaden with punchlines so telegraphed I swear I could hear the audience muttering them moments before the ... «MyNorthwest.com, Jul 15»

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