headed
adjective
- 1
Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. pre-printed at the top.
- 2
(in combination) Having a head with specified characteristics.
“a large-headed caricature of a politician”
- 3
(in combination) Heading in a certain direction.
“southward-headed caravans”
verb
- 1
To be in command of. (See also head up.)
“Who heads the board of trustees?”
- 2
To come at the beginning of; to commence.
“A group of clowns headed the procession.”
- 3
To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- 4
To move in a specified direction.
“How does the ship head?”
- 5
To remove the head from a fish.
“The salmon are first headed and then scaled.”
- 6
To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- 7
To form a head.
“This kind of cabbage heads early.”
- 8
To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
“to head a nail”
- 9
To cut off the top of; to lop off.
“to head trees”
- 10
To behead; to decapitate.
- 11
To go in front of.
“to head a drove of cattle”
- 12
To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
“The wind headed the ship and made progress difficult.”
- 13
(by extension) To check or restrain.
- 14
To set on the head.
“to head a cask”
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