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# leaden

adjective (leadener, leadenest)

«leaden» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Made of lead, the grey heavy metal: a leaden gutter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaden/#m1)
2. Dull grey, like lead: leaden skies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaden/#m2)
3. Heavy and slow, as if weighed down: leaden legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaden/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaden/#x1)
- My legs felt leaden after the long walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaden/#x2)
- The roof had a leaden gutter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaden/#x3)
- Her heart was leaden with grief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaden/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «leaden» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaden/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«leaden» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/leaden.html) on Mova free.