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leaden
/ˈlɛdən/
adj 3verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
covered, thick
VERB + LEADEN
followed, lurching
LEADEN + NOUN
backdrop, coffin, fatigue, legs
PREP.
along, from, in, with
ADV.
often
Definitions
adj
1
Made of lead.
2
Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.
Where but to think is to be full of sorrow / And leaden-eyed despairs, / Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes, / Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.
Which break a teachless nature to the yoke.
3
Dull; darkened with overcast.
the sky was leaden and thick
It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers.
verb
1
To make or become dull or overcast.
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Where but to think is to be full of sorrow / And leaden-eyed despairs, / Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes, / Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.
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Which break a teachless nature to the yoke.
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the sky was leaden and thick
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My legs were leaden from fatigue.
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His backache left him lurching along with leaden legs.
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In the leaden backdrop of the dawn, the horseman stands in silence, the long mane of his horse, disheveled by the wind.
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