Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lead off

(baseball) The first batter in the batting order. / (baseball) The first batter of an inning. / (baseball) The short distance that a player stands away from their current base.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, off. / (baseball) To be the first batter of an inning.

(idiomatic) to have no purpose, to result in nothing.

(mushing) one of the dogs at the front of the team, who set the pace.

The main protagonist in a work.

(obsolete) tin, golden marcasite / A basic lead carbonate formerly widely used for a white pigment in paint.

plural of tetraethyl lead

plural of lead-out.

(broadcasting) A program scheduled to follow another.