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lead
1 [leed]
verb, led, lead⋅ing, noun, adjective –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike. |
| 2. | to conduct by holding and guiding: to lead a horse by a rope. |
| 3. | to influence or induce; cause: Subsequent events led him to reconsider his position. |
| 4. | to guide in direction, course, action, opinion, etc.; bring: You can lead her around to your point of view if you are persistent. |
| 5. | to conduct or bring (water, wire, etc.) in a particular course. |
| 6. | (of a road, passage, etc.) to serve to bring (a person) to a place: The first street on the left will lead you to Andrews Place. |
| 7. | to take or bring: The prisoners were led into the warden's office. |
| 8. | to command or direct (an army or other large organization): He led the Allied forces during the war. |
| 9. | to go at the head of or in advance of (a procession, list, body, etc.); proceed first in: The mayor will lead the parade. |
| 10. | to be superior to; have the advantage over: The first baseman leads his teammates in runs batted in. |
| 11. | to have top position or first place in: Iowa leads the nation in corn production. |
| 12. | to have the directing or principal part in: The minister will now lead us in prayer. He led a peace movement. |
| 13. | to act as leader of (an orchestra, band, etc.); conduct. |
| 14. | to go through or pass (time, life, etc.): to lead a full life. |
| 15. | Cards. to begin a round, game, etc., with (a card or suit specified). |
| 16. | to aim and fire a firearm or cannon ahead of (a moving target) in order to allow for the travel of the target while the bullet or shell is reaching it. |
| 17. | Football. to throw a lead pass to (an intended receiver): The quarterback led the left end. |
–verb (used without object)
| 18. | to act as a guide; show the way: You lead and we'll follow. |
| 19. | to afford passage to a place: That path leads directly to the house. |
| 20. | to go first; be in advance: The band will lead and the troops will follow. |
| 21. | to result in; tend toward (usually fol. by to): The incident led to his resignation. One remark often leads to another. |
| 22. | to take the directing or principal part. |
| 23. | to take the offensive: The contender led with a right to the body. |
| 24. | Cards. to make the first play. |
| 25. | to be led or submit to being led, as a horse: A properly trained horse will lead easily. |
| 26. | Baseball. (of a base runner) to leave a base before the delivery of a pitch in order to reach the next base more quickly (often fol. by away). |
| 27. | lead back, to play (a card) from a suit that one's partner led. |
–noun
| 28. | the first or foremost place; position in advance of others: He took the lead in the race. |
| 29. | the extent of such an advance position: He had a lead of four lengths. |
| 30. | a person or thing that leads. |
| 31. | a leash. |
| 32. | a suggestion or piece of information that helps to direct or guide; tip; clue: I got a lead on a new job. The phone list provided some great sales leads. |
| 33. | a guide or indication of a road, course, method, etc., to follow. |
| 34. | precedence; example; leadership: They followed the lead of the capital in their fashions. |
| 35. | Theater.
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| 36. | Cards.
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| 37. | Journalism.
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| 38. | Electricity. an often flexible and insulated single conductor, as a wire, used in connections between pieces of electric apparatus. |
| 39. | the act of taking the offensive. |
| 40. | Nautical.
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| 41. | Naval Architecture. the distance between the center of lateral resistance and the center of effort of a sailing ship, usually expressed decimally as a fraction of the water-line length. |
| 42. | an open channel through a field of ice. |
| 43. | Mining.
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| 44. | the act of aiming a gun ahead of a moving target. |
| 45. | the distance ahead of a moving target that a gun must be aimed in order to score a direct hit. |
| 46. | Baseball. an act or instance of leading. |
| 47. | Manège. (of a horse at a canter or gallop) the foreleg that consistently extends beyond and strikes the ground ahead of the other foreleg: The horse is cantering on the left lead. |
–adjective
—Verb phrases| 48. | most important; principal; leading; first: lead editorial; lead elephant. |
| 49. | Football. (of a forward pass) thrown ahead of the intended receiver so as to allow him to catch it while running. |
| 50. | Baseball. (of a base runner) nearest to scoring: They forced the lead runner at third base on an attempted sacrifice. |
| 51. | lead off,
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| 52. | lead on,
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| 53. | lead out,
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| 54. | lead someone a chase or dance, to cause someone difficulty by forcing to do irksome or unnecessary things. |
| 55. | lead the way. way (def. 35). |
| 56. | lead up to,
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME leden, OE lǣdan (causative of līthan to go, travel); c. D leiden, G leiten, ON leitha
bef. 900; ME leden, OE lǣdan (causative of līthan to go, travel); c. D leiden, G leiten, ON leitha

Synonyms:
1. accompany, precede. See guide. 3. persuade, convince. 10. excel, outstrip, surpass. 28. head, vanguard.
1. accompany, precede. See guide. 3. persuade, convince. 10. excel, outstrip, surpass. 28. head, vanguard.
Antonyms:
1. follow.
1. follow.
lead
2 [led]
–noun
| 1. | Chemistry. a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, esp. in galena. Symbol: Pb; atomic weight: 207.19; atomic number: 82; specific gravity: 11.34 at 20°C. |
| 2. | something made of this metal or of one of its alloys. |
| 3. | a plummet or mass of lead suspended by a line, as for taking soundings. |
| 4. | bullets collectively; shot. |
| 5. | black lead or graphite. |
| 6. | a small stick of graphite, as used in pencils. |
| 7. | Also, leading. Printing. a thin strip of type metal or brass less than type-high, used for increasing the space between lines of type. |
| 8. | a grooved bar of lead or came in which sections of glass are set, as in stained-glass windows. |
| 9. | leads, British. a roof, esp. one that is shallow or flat, covered with lead. |
| 10. | white lead. |
–verb (used with object)
| 11. | to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds. |
| 12. | Printing. to insert leads between the lines of. |
| 13. | to fix (window glass) in position with leads. |
–adjective
—Idioms| 14. | made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound. |
| 15. | get the lead out, Slang. to move or work faster; hurry up. |
| 16. | heave the lead, Nautical. to take a sounding with a lead. |
| 17. | go over like a lead balloon, Slang. to fail to arouse interest, enthusiasm, or support. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME lede, OE lēad; c. D lood, OFris lād lead, G Lot plummet
bef. 900; ME lede, OE lēad; c. D lood, OFris lād lead, G Lot plummet

Related forms:
leadless, adjective
Synonyms:
3. weight, plumb.
3. weight, plumb.
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Link To Leading
lead 1 (lēd) v. led (lěd), lead·ing, leads v. tr.
lead off
Idiom(s): lead the way
Idiom(s): lead up to
[Middle English leden, from Old English lǣdan; see leit- in Indo-European roots.] |
lead 2 (lěd) n.
[Middle English led, from Old English lēad, probably of Celtic origin.] lead adj. |
lead·ing 1 (lē'dĭng) adj.
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Leading
Lead"ing\, a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- Lead"ing*ly, adv. Leading case (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. --Abbott. Leading motive [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. Leading note (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. Leading question, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. Leading strings, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. To be in leading strings, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. Leading wheel, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine.Leading
Lead"ing\, n. 1. The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance. --Shak. 2. Suggestion; hint; example. [Archaic] --Bacon.
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leading text
/ledding/ The spacing between lines of text. This is defined when a font is designed but can often be altered in order to change the appearance of the text or for special effects. It is measured in points and is normally 120% of the height of the text.
See also kerning, tracking.
(1996-06-07)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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