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lead verb

  /lɛd/
  • (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
 Blei, Durchschuss, Lot, Senkblei
  • (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
 Blei, Lot, Senkblei, verbleien

lead noun

  /lɛd/
  • (uncountable) 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).
  • (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
 Blei
  • (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
 Durchschuss
  • (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
 Lot, Senkblei, verbleien
  • (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
 verbleien

lead noun

  /lid/ , /liːd/
  • (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
  • 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.
  • (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
  • (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
  • (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
 führen, leiten
  • (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
 führen, Führung, Leitung
  • Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
 leiten, Spur, anführen
  • (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
 leiten, Führung, führen
  • (countable, mining) A lode.
 Ader
  • Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
 Spur
  • (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
  • A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
 anführen

lead verb

  /lid/ , /liːd/
  • 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.
 führen, leiten, Führung, Spur
  • 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 be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
  • (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
 führen, leiten
  • To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
 leiten, führen
  • (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
 Führung, Leitung, anführen
  • (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.
 Ader
  • (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
 anführen
  • (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
 anführen, führen
  • To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
  • (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
 führen

leading adjective

  /ˈlidɪŋ/ , /ˈliːdɪŋ/
  • Providing guidance or direction.
 führend
  • Occurring in advance; preceding.
 führend, vorangehend, vorausgehend

leading noun

  /ˈlɛdɪŋ/
  • (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.
 Durchschuss, Interlinea, Zeilenabstand, Zeilendurchschuss

leaded adjective

  /ˈlɛdɪd/
  • Containing or treated with the element lead.
 verbleit
all roads lead to Rome
alle Wege führen nach Rom
pencil lead
Mine
lead astray
auf Abwege bringen, auf Abwege führen, in die Irre führen, in die Irre leiten, irreführen, irreleiten, verleiten
lead-free
bleifrei
lead shot
Schrot
white lead
Bleiweiß
lead in
Einführung
lead crystal
Bleikristall, Kristallglas
lead line
Lot

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Lead-Stil
lede
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