To appear before.
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body.
To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
To face, be opposite to.
An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
A seafront or coastal promenade.
A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
The beginning.
A field of activity.
The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
The most conspicuous part.
That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
The side of a building with the main entrance.
When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
The direction of the enemy.
The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one).
Located at or near the front.
Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
To direct; to counsel; to instruct
To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
To step off base and move towards the next base.
To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
Lead climb.
To produce (with to).
To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
To place leads between the lines of.
To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
To have the highest interim score in a game.
To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
To live or experience (a particular way of life).
To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
To begin a game, round, or trick, with
Foremost.
Main, principal, primary, first, chief, foremost.
The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
bullets; ammunition.
A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
A lode.
Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
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 and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
The course of a rope from end to end.
The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
A channel of open water in an ice field.
Hypothesis that has not been pursued
Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)