leading
Meaning
-
present participle and gerund of lead
Synonyms
line spacing
top grade
one of the best
going first
taking priority
top-rank
converting someone to Buddhism
direction giving
conducting managing
showing the way
showing the right way
in-chief
type slug
Eminent
at the front
at the head
convection
most important
Frequency
Hyphenated as
lead‧ing
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈliːdɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English ledinge, ledynge, ledand, ledande, ledende, from Old English lǣdende, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijandī, from Proto-Germanic *laidijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“to lead”), equivalent to lead + -ing. Compare West Frisian liedend, Dutch leidend, German leitend, Swedish ledande, Icelandic leiðandi.
Cognate with Dutch
leidend
Cognate with German
leitend
Cognate with Dutch
leiding
Cognate with German
Leitung
lead
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- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (slang) bullets; ammunition.
- X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
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