(transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
Verb
(heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.
To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
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 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).
(intransitive) 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.
(heading) To begin, to be ahead.
(transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
(intransitive) To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
(intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
(heading, sports)
(transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
(intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
(uncountable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
(uncountable) 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.
(countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
(baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
(card game) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
(acting) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
(acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
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.
Charging lead. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
(civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
(horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
Hypothesis that has not been pursued
Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
(marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
(curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
(newspapers) 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.)
An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
(engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
