Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
LEADEN
dull, leaden
(adjective) darkened with overcast; “a dark day”; “a dull sky”; “the sky was leaden and thick”
heavy, leaden
(adjective) lacking lightness or liveliness; “heavy humor”; “a leaden conversation”
leaden, plodding
(adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious; “leaden steps”
leaden, weighted
(adjective) made heavy or weighted down with weariness; “his leaden arms”; “weighted eyelids”
leaden
(adjective) made of lead; “a leaden weight”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
leaden (comparative more leaden, superlative most leaden)
(dated) Made of lead.
Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.
Dull; darkened with overcast.
Verb
leaden (third-person singular simple present leadens, present participle leadening, simple past and past participle leadened)
(ambitransitive) To make or become dull or overcast.
Anagrams
• Delena, andele, aneled, leaned, nealed
Source: Wiktionary
Lead"en, a.
1. Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.
2. Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
3. Heavy; dull; sluggish. "Leaden slumber." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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