English words for 'the position of foreman'
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- a person responsible for hiring workers
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- a person who exercises control over workers
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- (humorous) One's wife.
- (architecture) A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
- (mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- (informal, especially India, MLE and Philippines) A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- (Australia) The male owner or man in charge of a large rural property.
- (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
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- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (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.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (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).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- 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.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
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- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (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.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- 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 guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
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- work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
- perform (a church sacrament) ritually
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- give or apply (medications)
- direct the taking of
- (transitive, medicine) To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.
- (transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
- (law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
- (transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
- (transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
- To give, as an oath.
- (intransitive) To minister (to).
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- An appointed position in an organization, job.
- (film, informal) Post-production.
- (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
- (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
- (sports) A goalpost.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
- A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
- An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
- A pole in a battery.
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- (medicine, informal) A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
- military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
- an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
- A message on a social media website
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
- the delivery and collection of letters and packages
- a job in an organization
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- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- (law) To pay bail.
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- (gambling) To pay (a stake or blind).
- (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- (UK, Ireland, India, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- (transitive, by extension) To announce publicly; to publish.
- (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- place so as to be noticed
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- To post a message on a social media website
- ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
- affix in a public place or for public notice
- enter on a public list
- assign to a post; put into a post
- publicize with, or as if with, a poster
- assign to a station
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a stake
- display, as of records in sports games
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- A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person; a manager to their director.
- (military, US) A commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration whose rank is above that of ensign and below lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.
- (military, UK) A naval officer whose rank is above that of sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander.
- (military, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A naval commissioned officer who holds the rank above sub-lieutenant and below lieutenant commander.
- The second-in-command (2IC) of a group.
- (military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant" or as the complete forms of the ranks.
- (military, US, navy) A naval officer whose rank is above that of ensign in the United States Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.
- (military, UK) A commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant"; however, "second lieutenant" is to specify that the officer is not yet a full lieutenant.
- a commissioned military officer
- an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
- an officer in a police force
- an assistant with power to act when their superior is absent
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- Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.
- (slang) An erect penis.
- (firearms) Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
- a rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm
- a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm
- a harshly demanding overseer
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- a person responsible for the administration of a business
- someone who manages a government agency or department
- persons who administer the law
- (computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
- The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
- A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
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- The state of being employed.
- The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
- (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.
- An activity to which one devotes time.
- A purpose, a use.
- The act of employing.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- the act of using
- the state of being employed or having a job
- the act of giving someone a job
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- the management of someone or something
- manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
- the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
- A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
- (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
- A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
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- the management of someone or something
- a manner of dealing with something artistically
- (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
- care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
- an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
- (countable) A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.
- Medical care for an illness or injury.
- The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
- (euphemistic) harsh punishment; retribution
- The process or manner of treating someone or something.
- (countable, film) A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.
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- one who supervises or has charge and direction of
- a program that controls the execution of other programs
- A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- (computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
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- the foreman of a work gang
- (nautical) A length of chain, one end of which is fastened to an anchor when let go, when the other end is fastened to a hawser.
- A horse that goes quickly.
- (coal mining) One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
- (business, rail transport) One who oversees a gang of workmen.
- (chiefly Scotland) One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
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- One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
- (Northern England (Cumberland, Westmorland)) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
- (nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
- (nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
- (countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
- (nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to steer the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
- (uncountable) Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”).
- (heraldry) Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”).
- Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
- (Northern England) A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
- A position of control or leadership.
- steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
- (figurative) a position of leadership
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- (transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
- (figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
- (nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
- be at or take the helm of
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- In the employment of.
- Affected by (a certain emotion or condition).
- Considering; taking into account.
- Used to add supplemental information, especially to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
- Using as an instrument; by means of.
- In regard to.
- In addition to; as an accessory to.
- Keeping up with; understanding; following along.
- Against.
- Prompted by (a certain emotion).
- Having, owning.
- In support of.
- In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
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- Initialism of duty manager.
- (video games) Initialism of deathmatch.
- (colloquial) A Dr. Martens boot or shoe.
- (pathology) Initialism of diabetes mellitus.
- (nutrition) Initialism of dry matter.
- (logic) Initialism of De Morgan’s law.
- (software) Abbreviation of display manager.
- (physics, astronomy) Abbreviation of dark matter.
- (organic chemistry) adamsite, diphenylaminechlorarsine
- (underwater diving) Initialism of divemaster.
- (pharmacology) Abbreviation of dextromethorphan; also DXM.
- (money) Initialism of Deutsche Mark.
- (rail transport, in multiple unit formations) driving motor car
- (occupational health) Initialism of dust and mist.
- (soccer) Initialism of defensive midfielder.
- (pathology) Initialism of dermatomyositis.
- (computing, DWH) Initialism of dimensional modeling.
- (philosophy) Initialism of dialectical materialism.
- (BDSM) Initialism of dungeon master, dungeon mistress, or dungeon monitor.
- (Internet) Initialism of direct message (type of message on social media platforms).
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of dungeon master or dungeon mistress.
- diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
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- Initialism of designated premises supervisor.
- (video games) Initialism of damage per second; a standard way to calculate the damage dealt to other players or creatures in online role-playing games.
- (by extension, video games) A player or unit whose primary role is to deal the maximum amount of damage possible (as opposed to holding the attention of the enemy, healing, or other tasks).
- (nuclear physics) Initialism of disintegration per second.
- (postal) Initialism of delivery point sequence.
- Initialism of double page spread.
- Initialism of Doege-Potter syndrome.
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- (figurative) The post of management or direction.
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- The hinder part of anything.
- A bird, the black tern, seabird.
- (nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- the rear part of a ship
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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- (slang) boss
- a man who is very old
- an informal term for your father
- aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
- a familiar term of address for a man
- (uncountable, herbs) Synonym of southernwood.
- (colloquial) One's father.
- (slang, military) A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age.
- (Australia) An Australian Aboriginal elder.
- (colloquial) A husband, or male significant other, irrespective of age.
- (slang) One's male employer, irrespective of age.
- (theology, uncountable) Synonym of Old Adam.
- (literally) An elderly man.
- (Christianity) The state of human nature without the spiritual transformation brought about by redemption through Jesus Christ.
- (Australia) Used attributively to denote something of exceptional size, strength, age etc.
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- a person responsible for hiring workers
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- a person who exercises control over workers
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- (humorous) One's wife.
- (architecture) A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
- (mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- (informal, especially India, MLE and Philippines) A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- (Australia) The male owner or man in charge of a large rural property.
- (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
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- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (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.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (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).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- 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.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
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verb
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (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.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- 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 guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
noun
- An appointed position in an organization, job.
- (film, informal) Post-production.
- (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
- (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
- (sports) A goalpost.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
- A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
- An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
- A pole in a battery.
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- (medicine, informal) A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
- military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
- an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
- A message on a social media website
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
- the delivery and collection of letters and packages
- a job in an organization
adv
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verb
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- (law) To pay bail.
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- (gambling) To pay (a stake or blind).
- (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- (UK, Ireland, India, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- (transitive, by extension) To announce publicly; to publish.
- (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- place so as to be noticed
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- To post a message on a social media website
- ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
- affix in a public place or for public notice
- enter on a public list
- assign to a post; put into a post
- publicize with, or as if with, a poster
- assign to a station
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a stake
- display, as of records in sports games
noun
- A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person; a manager to their director.
- (military, US) A commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration whose rank is above that of ensign and below lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.
- (military, UK) A naval officer whose rank is above that of sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander.
- (military, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A naval commissioned officer who holds the rank above sub-lieutenant and below lieutenant commander.
- The second-in-command (2IC) of a group.
- (military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant" or as the complete forms of the ranks.
- (military, US, navy) A naval officer whose rank is above that of ensign in the United States Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.
- (military, UK) A commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant"; however, "second lieutenant" is to specify that the officer is not yet a full lieutenant.
- a commissioned military officer
- an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
- an officer in a police force
- an assistant with power to act when their superior is absent
adj
noun
- Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.
- (slang) An erect penis.
- (firearms) Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
- a rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm
- a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm
- a harshly demanding overseer
verb
noun
- a person responsible for the administration of a business
- someone who manages a government agency or department
- persons who administer the law
- (computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
- The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
- A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
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noun
- The state of being employed.
- The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
- (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.
- An activity to which one devotes time.
- A purpose, a use.
- The act of employing.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- the act of using
- the state of being employed or having a job
- the act of giving someone a job
noun
- the management of someone or something
- manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
- the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
- A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
- (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
- A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
verb
noun
- the management of someone or something
- a manner of dealing with something artistically
- (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
- care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
- an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
- (countable) A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.
- Medical care for an illness or injury.
- The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
- (euphemistic) harsh punishment; retribution
- The process or manner of treating someone or something.
- (countable, film) A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.
noun
- one who supervises or has charge and direction of
- a program that controls the execution of other programs
- A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- (computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
noun
- the foreman of a work gang
- (nautical) A length of chain, one end of which is fastened to an anchor when let go, when the other end is fastened to a hawser.
- A horse that goes quickly.
- (coal mining) One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
- (business, rail transport) One who oversees a gang of workmen.
- (chiefly Scotland) One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
noun
- One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
- (Northern England (Cumberland, Westmorland)) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
- (nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
- (nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
- (countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
- (nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to steer the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
- (uncountable) Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”).
- (heraldry) Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”).
- Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
- (Northern England) A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
- A position of control or leadership.
- steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
- (figurative) a position of leadership
verb
- (transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
- (figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
- (nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
- be at or take the helm of
noun
- Initialism of duty manager.
- (video games) Initialism of deathmatch.
- (colloquial) A Dr. Martens boot or shoe.
- (pathology) Initialism of diabetes mellitus.
- (nutrition) Initialism of dry matter.
- (logic) Initialism of De Morgan’s law.
- (software) Abbreviation of display manager.
- (physics, astronomy) Abbreviation of dark matter.
- (organic chemistry) adamsite, diphenylaminechlorarsine
- (underwater diving) Initialism of divemaster.
- (pharmacology) Abbreviation of dextromethorphan; also DXM.
- (money) Initialism of Deutsche Mark.
- (rail transport, in multiple unit formations) driving motor car
- (occupational health) Initialism of dust and mist.
- (soccer) Initialism of defensive midfielder.
- (pathology) Initialism of dermatomyositis.
- (computing, DWH) Initialism of dimensional modeling.
- (philosophy) Initialism of dialectical materialism.
- (BDSM) Initialism of dungeon master, dungeon mistress, or dungeon monitor.
- (Internet) Initialism of direct message (type of message on social media platforms).
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of dungeon master or dungeon mistress.
- diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
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verb
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- Initialism of designated premises supervisor.
- (video games) Initialism of damage per second; a standard way to calculate the damage dealt to other players or creatures in online role-playing games.
- (by extension, video games) A player or unit whose primary role is to deal the maximum amount of damage possible (as opposed to holding the attention of the enemy, healing, or other tasks).
- (nuclear physics) Initialism of disintegration per second.
- (postal) Initialism of delivery point sequence.
- Initialism of double page spread.
- Initialism of Doege-Potter syndrome.
name
noun
- (figurative) The post of management or direction.
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- The hinder part of anything.
- A bird, the black tern, seabird.
- (nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- the rear part of a ship
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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verb
noun
- (slang) boss
- a man who is very old
- an informal term for your father
- aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
- a familiar term of address for a man
- (uncountable, herbs) Synonym of southernwood.
- (colloquial) One's father.
- (slang, military) A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age.
- (Australia) An Australian Aboriginal elder.
- (colloquial) A husband, or male significant other, irrespective of age.
- (slang) One's male employer, irrespective of age.
- (theology, uncountable) Synonym of Old Adam.
- (literally) An elderly man.
- (Christianity) The state of human nature without the spiritual transformation brought about by redemption through Jesus Christ.
- (Australia) Used attributively to denote something of exceptional size, strength, age etc.
verb
- work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
- perform (a church sacrament) ritually
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- give or apply (medications)
- direct the taking of
- (transitive, medicine) To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.
- (transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
- (law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
- (transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
- (transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
- To give, as an oath.
- (intransitive) To minister (to).
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