mislead

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To lead astray, in a false direction.

   City of the dead / At the end of another lost highway / Signs misleading to nowhere

2. 2
   verb

   To deceptively trick into something wrong.

   The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin

3. 3
   noun

   A wrong or bad lead; a leading in the wrong direction.

   If all the misleads (incorrect alternatives) are illogical, absurd, or in any way unattractive as possible answers, the student has no difficulty in choosing the correct answer.

4. 4
   noun

   That which is deceptive or untruthful (e.g. a falsehood, deception, untruth, or ruse).

   The skinny body, a mislead to make people think that he was captured by someone and tortured. Even the loud gunshot was a mislead to make them ask questions to common citizens. His long untidy hair, also a mislead.

5. 5
   verb

   give false or misleading information to

6. 6
   verb

   lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

7. 7
   verb

   To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.

8. 8
   verb

   To accidentally or intentionally confuse.

Etymology

From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead.