To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
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 go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
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 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.)
To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
To accept (zero or more arguments).
To seize or capture.
To remove.
To go.
To become; to be affected in a specified way.
To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
To proceed to fill.
To participate in.
To let in (water).
To move into.
To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
To assume (a form).
To go into, through, or along.
To apply oneself to the study of.
To deal with.
To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
To have sex with.
To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
To obtain for use by payment or lease.
To experience or feel.
To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
To carry or lead (something or someone).
To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
An intensifier.
To require.
To fill, to use up (time or space).
To avail oneself of.
To escort or conduct (a person).
To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
To receive into some relationship.
To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
To catch; to engage.
To grasp or grip.
To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
To exact.
To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
To remove or end by death; to kill.
To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
To believe, to accept the statements of.
To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
To subtract.
To bind oneself by.
To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
To perform (a role).
To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
To accept and follow (advice, etc).
To use as a means of transportation.
To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
To select or choose; to pick.
To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
To have the intended effect.
To regard in a specified way.
To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
To adopt (select) as one's own.
To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
To adhere or be absorbed properly.
To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
To understand (especially in a specified way).
To have and use one's recourse to.
A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
The or an act of taking.
A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.