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    [Adjective]  | "lead*ing" | \ ˈlē-diŋ \


    1: coming or ranking first : foremost

    2: exercising leadership

    3: providing direction or guidance


    Origin: 1597 ;

    [Noun]  | "lead*ing" | \ ˈle-diŋ \


    1: a covering or framework of lead

    2: the distance between a pair of adjacent lines in composed text


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "leading edge" | \ ˈlē-diŋ- \


    1: the forward part of something that moves or seems to move

    2: the foremost edge of an airfoil

    3: cutting edge


    Origin: 1877 ;

    [Noun]  | "leading lady" 


    1: an actress who plays the leading female role


    Origin: 1860 ;

    [Noun]  | "leading light" 


    1: a prominent and influential member (as of a community or church)


    Origin: 1707 ;

    [Noun]  | "leading man" 


    1: an actor who plays the leading male role


    Origin: 1827 ;

    [Noun]  | "leading tone" 


    1: the seventh tone of a major or minor scale —called also leading note


    Origin: circa 1889 ;

    [Noun]  | "leading article" 


    1: an essay in a newspaper or magazine that gives the opinions of its editors or publishers

    [Verb]  | "lead" | \ ˈlēd \


    1: to guide on a way especially by going in advance

    2: to direct on a course or in a direction

    3: to serve as a channel for


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English leden, from Old English lǣdan; akin to Old High German leiten to lead, Old English līthan to go;

    [Verb]  | "lead" | \ ˈled \


    1: to cover, line, or weight with lead

    2: to fix (window glass) in position with leads

    3: to put space between the lines of (typeset matter)


    Origin: 14th century ;

     See: ;

    [Adjective]  | "leading" 


    1: coming before all others in importance;


      * e.g., " ... they are the leading suppliers of processed meat in the country "





    2: highest in rank or authority;


      * e.g., " ... served as the leading counsel on the defendant's legal team "



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    [Verb]  | "leading" 


    1: to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front;


      * e.g., " ... an enthusiastic docent led our group through the art museum "





    2: to serve as leader of;


      * e.g., " ... a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software "



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    3: to be at the front of;


      * e.g., " ... the local high school's marching band led the parade "



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    [Verb]  | "lead" 


    1: to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front;


      * e.g., " ... an enthusiastic docent led our group through the art museum "





    2: to serve as leader of;


      * e.g., " ... a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software "



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    3: to be at the front of;


      * e.g., " ... the local high school's marching band led the parade "



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    •  head

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    [Noun]  | "leading edge" 


    1: the leading or most important part of a movement;


      * e.g., " ... an activist who is on the leading edge of the fight for equal marriage rights "



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    [Noun]  | "leading ladies" 


    1: as in leading men;




    [Noun]  | "leading lady" 


    1: as in leading man;




    [Noun]  | "leading man" 


    1: as in leading lady;




    [Noun]  | "leading men" 


    1: as in leading ladies;




    [Noun]  | "leading edges" 


    1: the leading or most important part of a movement;


      * e.g., " ... an activist who is on the leading edge of the fight for equal marriage rights "



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     [ "Lead On" ]

    1: Someone seeming intrested in you but it turns out their intensions were not true.

      * e.g.,  ... Gina: Brian said he thought I was cute but, after he told me he had a gf. 

     [ "lead on" ]

    1: when someone flirts with someone else and seems interested but it turns out they had no real intentions with that person.

      * e.g.,  ...  Girl 1:He was flirting with me, but then he said he had a girlfriend. 

     [ "Lead on" ]

    1: Some one who flirts, teases, and possibly kisses you and turns around and ignores you and has no interest in you anymore. Emilee S. S.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude i was hanging with her all night and then she jst turned around and screwed me. It was a total lead on 

     [ "leading on" ]

    1: It usually means that a girl or guy is behaving in a teasing or sexy way that dupes someone (or several people) into thinking that they will be willing to have sex and/or a relationship with them, but at the last minute they back out of the deal and don't go through with it

      * e.g.,  ... (a girl) has been leading on (a guy) for months letting him think that something was going to happened between them but she finaly backed out when (the guy) asked her to be his GF 

     [ "Lead on" ]

    1: To pretend you wanted to be more with somebody than you actually intended,

      * e.g.,  ... I was lead on because he didn’t wanna hurt my feelings 

     [ "lead on" ]

    1: lead on meaning someone who tells you they like you or possible displays it with a certain type of behavior

      * e.g.,  ... man, she told me she liked me she even said i was cute and wanted to hangout with me more, now she doesnt even talk to me, I was totally lead on 


     [ "lead on" ]

    2: maybe even kisses you, and turns around and acts like they hardly know you, or ignores you

     [ "lead on" ]

    1: When a person, through actions or words, leads you to believe that a relationship and/or sex will happen sometime in the future, when in fact they had no intention of either.

      * e.g.,  ... Josh: "Do you know a lead on is?" 

     [ "lead-on" ]

    1: An action or saying, usually done by a female, that's supposed to hint to a guy to 'make a move' or 'ask me out'.

      * e.g.,  ... Joe: I'll never find the right girl. 


     [ "lead-on" ]

    2: Sometimes guys will see "signs" that are not meant to lead them on, then the guy acts on it, the girl is weirded out, and the friendship is affected forever.

      * e.g.,  ... Jane: Sometimes they're right under your nose, and you've known them all along. 


     [ "lead-on" ]

    3: Other times guys are, apparently, oblivious to signs that girls make, which frustrates the girl. Sometimes she's frustrated to the point that she'll just forget about him and move on.

      * e.g.,  ... Joe: Where am I gonna find a girl like that? 

     [ "lead on" ]

    1: When someone gives you false hope for, what most people think can only be a relationship, but also friendship.

      * e.g.,  ... Allie: I was lead on for a couple of months, I thought we were good friends, turns out we're not. It took a long time to get over. Katie: That stupid Jake! He'll pay for this. 

     [ "lead-on" ]

    1: Usually a gorgeous teenage girl, That has everything you ever wanted, Goes out on dates with you, Kiss's you, holds your hand and looks into your eyes, says very meaningfull things to you, then you wake up the next day exited to talk to that person... only to found out STAB STAB they wanna be your freind, Most of the time the reason is they have found another cock to suck, but in some odd cases, they are just retarded.

      * e.g.,  ... Me: Hey hun, How are you today 

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