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lead verb

  /lɛd/
  • (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
 lyijy, luoti, lisätä rivivälit, riviväli, välistää rivit
  • (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
 lyijy, luoti, lyijykatto, lyijylevy, peittyä lyijyyn, peittää lyijyllä

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.
 lyijy
  • A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
  • (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
 lisätä rivivälit, riviväli, välistää rivit
  • (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.
 luoti, peittyä lyijyyn, peittää lyijyllä, täyttyä lyijyyn, täyttää lyijyllä
  • (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
 lyijykatto, lyijylevy, peittyä lyijyyn, peittää lyijyllä, täyttyä lyijyyn, täyttää lyijyllä
  • Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
 lyijylevy

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.
 johtaa, johdattaa, johto, opastaa, aloittaa, johtaminen
  • 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).
 johtaa, johdattaa, opastaa, ajo, lähtö, pituus
  • To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
 johtaa, vetää
  • (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
  • (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
 johtaa
  • (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
 ajaa, johdattaa, liidi, mahdollinen asiakas, potentiaalinen asiakas
  • (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
 johtaa, johto, johtoasema, kärki, kärkipaikka, olla edellä
  • (transitive, cards, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
 ajo, lähtö
  • (figuratively) : To direct; to counsel; to instruct
 eristetty johto
  • 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.
 johtaa, liidi, mahdollinen asiakas, potentiaalinen asiakas, viedä
  • (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
 kärkkyä
  • (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
 latausjohto, varausjohto
  • (heading, sport)
 liidi, mahdollinen asiakas, potentiaalinen asiakas
  • (intransitive) To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
 mennä edeltä
  • (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.
 suoni

lead noun

  /lid/ , /liːd/
  • 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.
 johtaa, johdattaa, opastaa, ohjata
  • (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.)
 johtaa, johdattaa, viedä, opastaa, ohjata, vetää
  • Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
 johtaa, ajaa, johdattaa, opastaa, johtolanka, mennä edeltä
  • (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
 johtaa, johdattaa, opastaa
  • (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
 johtaa, johdattaa, opastaa, viedä
  • (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
 johtaa, johto, johtaminen, vetää, viedä
  • (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
 johtaa, johto, johtoasema, kärki, kärkipaikka, olla edellä
  • (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
 johdattaa, opastaa, ajo, aloittaa, lähtö, ohjata
  • (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
 eristetty johto
  • (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
 kärkkyä, mennä edeltä
  • A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
 latausjohto, mennä edeltä, varausjohto
  • (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
 liidi, mahdollinen asiakas, potentiaalinen asiakas
  • (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
 pituus
  • (countable, mining) A lode.
 suoni
  • Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
 vihje
  • (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
 väylä

leading adjective

  /ˈlidɪŋ/ , /ˈliːdɪŋ/
  • Occurring in advance; preceding.
 edeltävä
  • Providing guidance or direction.
 johdatteleva
  • Ranking first.
 johtava

leading noun

  /ˈlɛdɪŋ/
  • (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.
 rivivälistys
pencil lead
lyijy, lyijykynän lyijy
lead crystal
kristalli, kristallilasi
lead-in
johdanto
lead on
houkutella
lead-free
lyijytön
red lead
mönjä
lead glass
kristallilasi
lead poisoning
lyijymyrkytys
all roads lead to Rome
kaikki tiet vievät Roomaan

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lead sheet
lead sheet
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