an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs
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.
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.
A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.
A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail.
A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers.
A group or class of people.
A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.
A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.
A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together.
The tail of a bird.
A mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel.
The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.
The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.
An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.
A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.
A series of electrical pulses.
The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
A software release schedule.
To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
To improve one's fitness.
To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
To proceed in sequence.
To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
To practice an ability.
To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.