verb
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To cover, fill, or affect with lead
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continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
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To place leads between the lines of.
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leaded matter
verb
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(heading) To guide or conduct.
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To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
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(heading) To begin, to be ahead.
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To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
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to lead someone to a righteous cause
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To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
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the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices
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To produce (with to).
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The shock led to a change in his behaviour.
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(transitive) To live or experience (a particular way of life).
adjective
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Providing guidance or direction.
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Avoid leading questions if you really want the truth.
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Ranking first.
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He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.
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Occurring in advance; preceding.
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The stock market can be a leading economic indicator.
Examples of leading in a Sentence
The door leading to his father.s corpse was locked, and he tested it.
Bordeaux was leading his horse.
I can see what you're leading up to.
He stepped aside, out of the way to the corridor leading into the fortress.
The road leading to the castle was modern blacktop.
He couldn't sense the Other and paused at the foot of the sweeping, grand staircase leading to the second floor.
As she hopped the short distance from rocks to the ground leading up to the compound, she caught the silhouettes of two men against the cloudy sky.
Embarrassed by her words and the tears streaming down her face, she ran past him and up the stairs leading to the second floor, issuing a cry of frustration when she realized she didn't know which of the three wings led to her room.
Bordeaux had been leading the horse along the ravine to spare its hooves, but it had been a risk that hadn't paid off.
How's that for squirming out of a leading question?
Toni trotted down the stairwell leading to the main house.
She trailed him, slowing when she turned the corner leading to his apartments.
Alarmed, she picked her way through the rows of machines towards the door leading to the sparring mats.
Sofia watched the scenery turn from urban to rural and recognized the roads leading up to Skyline Drive, the scenic route running through the mountains of northern Virginia.
The gravel road led past a small subdivision, then a few individual houses and small but beautiful Lake Lenoir, before climbing into the open and leading to a beautiful panorama of the Uncompahgre Valley and the snow-capped mountains to the west.
Just a road leading to the small parking area and a closed ticket booth for the ferry.
She must have fallen on hard times to have been forced into the life she ended up leading.
But at least he's arranging for her to give up the terrible life she's been leading.
I should really be thanking you, Jackson, for leading me to the lovely Elisabeth.
Brady turned to see his friend leading three medics.
Gabe was quiet for a long moment, leading them through the jungle in thoughtful silence. Katie felt the strange sense of something following again and moved closer to him.
Rather than risk Traveling to the center of the phenomenon, Jenn ran down the driveway the vamps had cleared of snow to the narrow country road leading up the mountain to the Black God's hideout.
Taran tossed his reins to the page that darted from the stables before jogging the narrow stairwell leading to the top of the walls.
But while there are thus some grounds for supposing that the idea of transmutation grew out of the practical receipts of Alexandrian Egypt, the alchemy which embraced it as a leading principle was also strongly affected by Eastern influences such as magic and astrology.
The big dark blotch might really be the watchman's hut or it might be a cavern leading to the very depths of the earth.
The news of their deal had infuriated Gabriel once more and driven him off, leading Deidre to believe that he had loved the human more than her.
This part he kept silent for fear of spooking someone he was supposed to be leading.
They moved out of his way as he strode through the wide hallways to the stairwell leading to the top floor, Death's floor.
Deidre rose, eyes settling on the doorway leading into the neighboring kitchens.
He followed the instinct that led him to Deidre and trotted up the stairs leading to the top of the fortress.
He broke into a run when he reached the country road leading away from the compound.
In the distance was a dark swath of park leading up to the lit-up Eiffel Tower, which was larger than she'd imagined.
She reached the top of the stairs and stared at a similar scene leading past the Arch and all the way up the park toward the city.
She walked through the castle quickly, not liking the quiet, and emerged into a courtyard leading to an expansive cobblestone driveway.
A small door—possibly leading to a bathroom or closet—was closed and blocked by one of Ully.s science toys the size of a copy machine.
It's the first corridor leading out of the main house into what I think is the eastern wing.
Two more men in blue appeared, trailed by two in pale red leading a self-propelled gurney.
He held out his arm towards a closed door leading to another corridor.
She stood at the bottom of the hill leading towards the command center.
The suite was small and comfortable with a small living area, utility area with lockers, and a door leading to a bedroom with its own bathroom.
Instead of retreating into the forest—the way they'd come—he walked behind a boulder and started up a set of long, shallow steps leading up the mountain.
Brady pushed her from his mind, focusing on the deer path leading away from the condo community into the forest.
The kids get snacks twice a day, Melissa explained, leading them into the building smelling of bread.
Within half an hour, the metal door leading to the tunnel system was cleared away.
Shaking his head, he continued to his destination. He emerged through a portal leading to Death's corner of the underworld. It was a place no demon or Immortal was allowed to go, and he'd thought it impossible to get there, until he'd tried. He'd visited Gabriel once before.
I was leading her through the underworld.
To his delight, one of his predecessors had known of the secret portal leading to and from Hell.
Parkside was leading seven-zip with one inning remaining.
Fred went on to explain that a maroon late model car was waiting at the end of the driveway leading into Gruber's place.
Besides, I'm tired of leading these bozos through this case.