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Sunny123 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

lead = what here?

Hello everyone. I need the meaning of “LEAD” in the following.

Lead
1. You can lead a horse to water but you can not make him drink.
Lead here means = what?
To = what ?

2. Long golden yellow footpath leads across green fields and up a hill to the distant horizon under a blue cloudy sky.
Leads = what here?

3. A horse should be able to be lead from either side, but for an unfamiliar horse it’s best to lead from the (official) left side.

Leads = what here?
  

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1. lead (verb) force a person or an animal to go in the direction you choose by holding onto the person's hand or by holding onto a rope or reins attached to a halter on the animal. " You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink" literally means that you can force a horse to follow you to a water source, but you can't make him drink the water.

— Deadrat

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  • lead (verb) force a person or an animal to go in the direction you choose by holding onto the person's hand or by holding onto a rope or reins attached to a halter on the animal.
  • " You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink" literally means that you can force a horse to follow you to a water source, but you can't make him drink the water.
  • Metaphorically, it means that you can demonstrate a solution to a person's problem, but can't force him to act on your suggestion.
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1. lead (verb) force a person or an animal to go in the direction you choose by holding onto the person's hand or by holding onto a rope or reins attached to a halter on the animal. The direction is usually forward with you in front." You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink" literally means that you can force a horse to follow you to a water source, but you can't make him drin
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Thank you deadrat. But I didnt understand the second one.

2. Long golden yellow footpath leads across green fields and up a hill to the distant horizon under a blue cloudy sky.
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"Leads" in this sense means to be a path or a trail or a passageway.

Long golden yellow footpath is a trail across green fields and up a hill to the distant horizon under a blue cloudy sky.

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