“Lead” or “Lede” or “Lied”

lead l·EH·d

• nounan advantage held by a competitor in a race.
• nouna soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey.
• nounevidence pointing to a possible solution.
• nouna position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead').
• nounthe angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile).
• nounthe introductory section of a story.
• noun(sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning.
• noun(baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base.
• nouna news story of major importance.
• nounthin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing.
• nounmixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil.
• nounthe playing of a card to start a trick in bridge.
• verbtake somebody somewhere.
• verbtend to or result in.
• verbtravel in front of; go in advance of others.
• verbcause to undertake a certain action.
• verbbe ahead of others; be the first.

lede

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

lied l·AY·d

• nouna German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.