(electronics, chiefly attributive) An electrical component with two leads (wires) extending out in opposite directions (along a single axis).

plural of axial lead

present participle of lead a cat-and-dog life

present participle of lead someone up the garden path

(US, slang) A cinch; something very easy.

(idiomatic, dated) To go faster; to hurry up

(chemistry) Alternative form of tetraethyl lead

(inorganic chemistry) An industrial method for the production of sulphuric acid

To waste somebody's time in an elaborately circuitous manner.

(boxing) To leave one's chin unprotected. / (idiomatic) To behave without caution; to make oneself vulnerable.