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lead verb

  /lɛd/
  • (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
lood, dieplood, interlinie, interliniëren, stift
  • (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
dieplood, stift, verloden, lood

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.
lood
  • (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.
dieplood, verloden
  • A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
interlinie, interliniëren
  • (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
interliniëren
  • Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
stift
  • (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
verloden

lead noun

  /lid/ , /liːd/
  • Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
leiden, aanwijzing, begeleiden, leiden naar, meevoeren
  • (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
leiden
  • (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
leiden, leiden naar
  • (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
leiden, leiding, begeleiding
  • 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.
leiden, aanvoeren, vooroplopen
  • (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
leiden, uitkomen, uitkomst
  • (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
leiden, leiding, voorsprong, aanvoeren, voorlopen, vooroplopen
  • Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
leidraad
  • (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
lengte
  • (countable, mining) A lode.
lood
  • (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
vaargeul

lead verb

  /lid/ , /liːd/
  • 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).
leiden, begeleiden, lengte, meevoeren, uitkomst, vaargeul
  • To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
  • To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
  • (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
leiden
  • 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.
leiden, leiding, aanwijzing, begeleiden, begeleiding, leidraad
  • (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
leiden, leiding, voorsprong, voorlopen
  • (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
  • (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
aanvoeren, vooroplopen
  • (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
leiden naar
  • (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.
lood
  • (transitive, cards, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
uitkomst

leading noun

  /ˈlɛdɪŋ/
  • (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.
interlinie

leading adjective

  /ˈlidɪŋ/ , /ˈliːdɪŋ/
  • Providing guidance or direction.
  • Occurring in advance; preceding.
leidend

leading

aanvoering
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