leaden

«leaden» in Mova's school dictionary: Made of lead, the grey heavy metal: a leaden gutter — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (leadener, leadenest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Made of lead, the grey heavy metal: a leaden gutter. tree →

2) Dull grey, like lead: leaden skies. tree →

3) Heavy and slow, as if weighed down: leaden legs. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a leaden heart is a heavy or cold heart, and a leaden gutter is a metal channel on a roof

examples

• The rain fell from the leaden sky. tree →
• My legs felt leaden after the long walk. tree →
• The roof had a leaden gutter. tree →
• Her heart was leaden with grief. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «leaden» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.