Leading

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lead \Lead\ (l[e^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leaded}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Leading}.]
     1. To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing
        leads the grooves of a rifle.
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     2. (Print.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead
        a page; leaded matter.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lead \Lead\ (l[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Led} (l[e^]d); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Leading}.] [OE. leden, AS. l[=ae]dan (akin to OS.
     l[=e]dian, D. leiden, G. leiten, Icel. le[imac][eth]a, Sw.
     leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr. AS. li[eth]an to
     go; akin to OHG. l[imac]dan, Icel. l[imac][eth]a, Goth.
     lei[thorn]an (in comp.). Cf. {Lode}, {Loath}.]
     1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some
        physical contact or connection; as, a father leads a
        child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a
        blind man.
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              If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in
              the ditch.                            --Wyclif
                                                    (Matt. xv.
                                                    14.)
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              They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto
              the brow of the hill.                 --Luke iv. 29.
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              In thy right hand lead with thee
              The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.    --Milton.
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     2. To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain
        place or end, by making the way known; to show the way,
        esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence,
        figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to
        lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.
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              The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a
              cloud, to lead them the way.          --Ex. xiii.
                                                    21.
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              He leadeth me beside the still waters. --Ps. xxiii.
                                                    2.
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              This thought might lead me through the world's vain
              mask.
              Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or
        charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a
        search; to lead a political party.
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              Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he
              might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or
              possess places.                       --South.
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     4. To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be
        foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet
        of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads
        the orators of all ages.
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              As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. --Fairfax.
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              And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. --Leigh
                                                    Hunt.
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     5. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to
        prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead
        one to espouse a righteous cause.
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              He was driven by the necessities of the times, more
              than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of
              actions.                              --Eikon
                                                    Basilike.
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              Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers
              lusts.                                --2 Tim. iii.
                                                    6 (Rev. Ver.).
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     6. To guide or conduct one's self 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).
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              That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. --1
                                                    Tim. ii. 2.
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              Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse
              A life that leads melodious days.     --Tennyson.
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              You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife
              and daughter.                         --Dickens.
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     7. (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with;
        as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
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     {To lead astray}, to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to
        seduce from truth or rectitude.
  
     {To lead captive}, to carry or bring into captivity.
  
     {To lead the way}, to show the way by going in front; to act
        as guide. --Goldsmith.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leading \Lead"ing\, n.
     1. The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing;
        guidance. --Shak.
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     2. Suggestion; hint; example. [Archaic] --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leading \Lead"ing\, a.
     Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading
     motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly},
     adv.
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     {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 musical 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. Also called {leitmotif} or {leitmotiv}.
  
     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  leading
       adj 1: indicating the most important performer or role; "the
              leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a
              star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar
              role"; "a stellar performance" [syn: {leading(p)}, {prima(p)},
               {star(p)}, {starring(p)}, {stellar(a)}]
       2: going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way;
          "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of
          technology" [ant: {following}]
       3: greatest in importance or degree or significance or
          achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's
          leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: {greatest},
           {leading(a)}, {preeminent}]
       4: having the leading position or higher score in a contest;
          "he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant
          race" [syn: {ahead(p)}, {in the lead}]
       5: purposefully formulated to elicit a desired response; "a
          leading question"
       n 1: thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in
            printing [syn: {lead}]
       2: the activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team"
          [syn: {leadership}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  161 Moby Thesaurus words for "leading":
     absolute, all-absorbing, antecedent, anterior, arch, ascendant,
     at the head, authoritarian, authoritative, authority, authorized,
     autocratic, banner, best, boss, capital, cardinal, central,
     champion, chief, clothed with authority, command, commanding,
     competent, conduct, consequential, considerable, control,
     controlling, crowning, directing, direction, directive,
     directorial, directory, dominant, duly constituted, eminent,
     empowered, ex officio, exordial, first, focal, fore, foregoing,
     forehand, foremost, forward, front, frontal, general, governance,
     governing, government, great, greatest, guidance, guiding,
     handling, head, heading, headmost, hegemonic, hegemonistic,
     highest, husbandry, imperative, important, in ascendancy,
     in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, inaugural, influential,
     initial, initiatory, lead, magisterial, maiden, main, management,
     managerial, managery, managing, manipulation, master, matchless,
     mighty, momentous, monocratic, noted, notorious, official,
     ordering, outstanding, overriding, overruling, paramount, peerless,
     pilotage, popular, potent, powerful, precedent, preceding,
     precessional, precursory, predominant, predominate, preeminent,
     prefatory, preliminary, preludial, prelusive, premier, preparatory,
     prepollent, preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, prestigious,
     prevailing, prevalent, prevenient, primal, primary, prime,
     principal, prior, proemial, prominent, propaedeutic, puissant,
     ranking, regnant, regulating, regulation, regulative, regulatory,
     reigning, ruling, running, senior, sovereign, star, steerage,
     steering, stellar, substantial, supereminent, superior, supreme,
     the conn, the helm, the wheel, topflight, topmost, totalitarian,
     unsurpassed, uppermost, weighty
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  leading
       
           /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)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  LEADING. That which is to be followed; as, a leading case; leading question 
  leading counsel.