The course of a rope from end to end.
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 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.)
Foremost.
Main, principal, primary, first, chief, foremost.
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 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
A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
Sexual intercourse.
Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”)
A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
The penis of a person or animal.
A tailing.
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
The distal tendon of a muscle.
The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
One who surreptitiously follows another.
The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
The stern; the back of the kayak.
The buttocks or backside.
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
To follow and observe surreptitiously.
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
To pull or draw by the tail.
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.