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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. [1913 Webster] If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch. --Wyclif (Matt. xv. 14.) [1913 Webster] They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill. --Luke iv. 29. [1913 Webster] In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way. --Ex. xiii. 21. [1913 Webster] He leadeth me beside the still waters. --Ps. xxiii. 2. [1913 Webster] This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places. --South. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. --Leigh Hunt. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions. --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster] Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers lusts. --2 Tim. iii. 6 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. --1 Tim. ii. 2. [1913 Webster] Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 7. (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Print.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Suggestion; hint; example. [Archaic] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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: greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: {leading(a)}, {preeminent}] 3: going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology" [ant: {following}] 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}, {leading}] n 1: thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing [syn: {lead}, {leading}] 2: the activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team" [syn: {leadership}, {leading}]