you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.
lead
UK /lɛd/ US /lɛd/
noun 10verb 8adj 2name 2
Definitions
noun
1
A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder an
2
A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
3
A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
4
Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
5
Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
verb
1
To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
2
To place leads between the lines of.
to lead a page
leaded matter
verb
1
To guide or conduct.
a father leads a child
a jockey leads a horse with a halter
2
To guide or conduct.
The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely.
The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way.
3
To guide or conduct.
A good teacher should lead their students to the right answer.
4
To guide or conduct.
to lead a political party
to lead the search team
5
To guide or conduct.
to lead someone to a righteous cause
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
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