(transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead. / (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.

(countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course

(not comparable) Foremost. / Main, principal.

Held in place by strips of lead. / Containing or treated with the element lead. / Containing tetraethyllead. / (informal) Caffeinated.

simple past tense and past participle of lead

An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something. / A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents.

present participle of lead

Providing guidance or direction. / Ranking first. / Occurring in advance; preceding.

An act by which one is led or guided. / (archaic) Command of an army or military unit.

(typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.