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  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)
       
       

  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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  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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  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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  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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  Lead \Lead\, 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.
  
     2. (Print.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead
        a page; leaded matter.

  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 connection; as, a father leads a child; a
        jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind
        man.
  
              If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in
              the ditch.                            --Wyclif
                                                    (Matt. xv.
                                                    14.)
  
              They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto
              the brow of the hill.                 --Luke iv. 29.
  
              In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph,
              sweet Liberty.                        --Milton.
  
     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.
  
              The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a
              cloud, to lead them the way.          --Ex. xiii.
                                                    21.
  
              He leadeth me beside the still waters. --Ps. xxiii.
                                                    2.
  
              This thought might lead me through the world's vain
              mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     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.
  
              Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he
              might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or
              possess places.                       --South.
  
     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.
  
              As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. --Fairfax.
  
              And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. --Leigh
                                                    Hunt.
  
     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.
  
              He was driven by the necessities of the times, more
              than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of
              actions.                              --Eikon
                                                    Basilike.
  
              Silly women, laden with sins,led away by divers
              lusts.                                --2 Tim. iii.
                                                    6 (Rev. Ver.).
  
     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).
  
              That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. --1
                                                    Tim. ii. 2.
  
              Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that
              leads melodious days.                 --Tennyson.
  
              You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife
              and daughter.                         --Dickens.
  
     7. (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with;
        as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
  
     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.

  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.

  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]

  leading
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 ηγετικός, που οδηγώ, που είναι μπροστά
     2 ηγούμενος
     3 κορυφαίος
     4 (κτεπε) κύριος
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 οδήγηση, καθοδήγηση
     2 (ετ τυπογρ en) διάστιχο

  leading
     a.
     1 provide guidance or direction.
     2 rank#Verb first.
     3 occur in advance; preceding.
     vb.
     (present participle of en lead nocat=1)
     n.
     An act by which one is lead#Verb or guide#Verb.
     n.
     (lb en typography) vertical space#Noun added between line#Noun; line
  spacing.

  leading
     a.
     1 provide guidance or direction.
     2 rank#Verb first.
     3 occur in advance; preceding.
     vb.
     (present participle of en lead nocat=1)
     n.
     An act by which one is lead#Verb or guide#Verb.
     n.
     (lb en typography) vertical space#Noun added between line#Noun; line
  spacing.

  leading
     a.
     1 provide guidance or direction.
     2 rank#Verb first.
     3 occur in advance; preceding.
     vb.
     (present participle of en lead nocat=1)
     n.
     An act by which one is lead#Verb or guide#Verb.
     n.
     (lb en typography) vertical space#Noun added between line#Noun; line
  spacing.

  leading
     a.
     1 provide guidance or direction.
     2 rank#Verb first.
     3 occur in advance; preceding.
     vb.
     (present participle of en lead nocat=1)
     n.
     An act by which one is lead#Verb or guide#Verb.
     n.
     (lb en typography) vertical space#Noun added between line#Noun; line
  spacing.

  leading
     Englanti a.
     johtava
     Englanti n.
     1 johdatus
     2 (yhteys typografia k=en) riviväli (tyhjä tila rivien välissä)
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm l ead ing)

  leading
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en lead ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb lead)

  Leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  القيادة

  leading //ˈlidɪŋ// //ˈliːdɪŋ// 
  водещ, ръководен
  providing guidance

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  vedoucí

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  vůdčí

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/ 
  vedení

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/ 
  řízení

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/ 
  arweiniol 

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/ 
  blaenllaw 

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  Abraum über einer Seife
   see: cap rock, capping bed, capping, overlying rock, overlying layer, overlying strata, hanging layer, upper wall, lidstone, uncallow, drawrock, rubbish of an open cut, strip, remove the overburden
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  Leit…
     Synonym: guiding
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  Voreilen  [zeitliches] , Voreilung  [electr.]  [techn.]
     Synonyms: advance, lead
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  Zeilendurchschuss , Durchschuss , Zeilenzwischenraum  [print]
           Note: Zeilenabstand minus Schriftkegel
     Synonyms: extra white space, excess white space beween lines
  
   see: opened up, set solid
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  anführend, an der Spitze gehend
     Synonyms: heading, being the at front
  
   see: lead sth., head sth., be the at front of sth., led, headed, been the at front
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  führend, anführend
   see: lead sb./sth., led, he/she leads
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  führend
     Synonym: passing
  
   see: lead, pass, led, passed
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  führend, maßgebend 
     Synonym: foremost
  
   see: leading player
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  hereinführend
     Synonym: bringing
  
   see: lead/bring sb., lead, brought
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  hochgestellt, hochstehend  [soc.]
        "a leading figure"  - eine hochgestellte Persönlichkeit
     Synonym: eminent
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  leitend, der Leiter seiend, die Leitung innehabend, anführend
     Synonyms: being the leader of, heading, heading up, being the head of
  
   see: lead sth., be the leader of sth., head sth., head up sth., be the head of sth., led, been the leader, headed, headed up, been the head, lead / head a delegation, lead / head a rehabilitation project
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  tonangebend  [übtr.]

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  verbleiend
     Synonym: coating with lead
  
   see: lead sth., coat sth. with lead, leaded, coated with lead
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  vorsteigend
   see: lead, led
  

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  
  ηγετικός, κορυφαίος

  leading //ˈlidɪŋ// //ˈliːdɪŋ// 
  1. edeltävä
  preceding
  2. johdatteleva
  providing guidance
  3. johtava
  ranking first

  leading //ˈlɛdɪŋ// 
  rivivälistys
  Vertical space added between lines

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/ 
  1. मुख्य
        "He is a leading political thinker of the times. "
  2. प्रथम स्थान में
        "He is the leading lady in this episode."

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  glavni, prored, razmak između redova, vodeća, vodeći, vodećih

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  1. példakép
  2. legfontosabb
  3. ritkítás
  4. parancsnokság
  5. ólommal kitöltés
  6. hatás
  7. eldugulás
  8. odavezetés
  9. víz-odavezetés
  10. befolyás
  11. ólmozás
  12. irányítás
  13. fô
  14. elsô
  15. parancsnoklás
  16. vezetés
  17. igazgatás
  18. jelentôs

  leading /liːdərʃıp/
  vadovaujantis, pirmaujantis

  leading /lediŋ/
  leidend, toonaangevend, toongevend

  leading /ˈli:dɪŋ/ 
    wiodący, czołowy

  leading //ˈlidɪŋ// //ˈliːdɪŋ// 
  ledande 2.
  providing guidance
   3.
  ranking first

  leading //ˈlɛdɪŋ// 
  radavstånd
  Vertical space added between lines

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  1. yol gösterme, rehberlik
  2. ima
  3. önde olan, yol gösteren, rehber olan. leading article (İng.) başmakale. leading lady piyeste başrolü oynayan kadın. leading man başrolü oynayan erkek. leading question belirli bir cevabı gerektiren soru.

  leading /lˈiːdɪŋ/
  1. kurşun ile kaplama veya bölme
  2. kurşun çerçeve (pencere için)
  3. (matb.) satır aralarının anterlini.

  leading /ˈlʲidʲĩŋk/ 
  διάστιχο
  (termin typograficzny) odległość w pionie pomiędzy sąsiednimi wierszami drukowanego tekstu;

  leading /ˈlʲidʲĩŋk/ 
  leading, lead
  (termin typograficzny) odległość w pionie pomiędzy sąsiednimi wierszami drukowanego tekstu;

  leading /ˈlʲidʲĩŋk/ 
  rivivälistys
  (termin typograficzny) odległość w pionie pomiędzy sąsiednimi wierszami drukowanego tekstu;

  leading /ˈlʲidʲĩŋk/ 
  bimbing
  (termin typograficzny) odległość w pionie pomiędzy sąsiednimi wierszami drukowanego tekstu;

  leading /ˈlʲidʲĩŋk/ 
  bly
  (termin typograficzny) odległość w pionie pomiędzy sąsiednimi wierszami drukowanego tekstu;

  
/ˈɫidɪŋ/

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

  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
  
  

  n. 领导,疏导,铅板;
  a. 领导的,主要的,在前的;
  vbl. 领导,引领,以铅接合;

     a. 领导的,指导的;第一位的,最主要的;扮演主角的
     n. 领导,率领,领先;引导