The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
One having authority to direct.
A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs
Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
Any person who leads or directs.
The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
One who goes first.
A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
To subordinate to someone or something.
The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service.
Any subordinate bound by similar close ties.
Any direct subordinate bound by such vows to a superior.
Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.