headed

/ˈhɛdɪd/

adjective

  1. 1

    Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. pre-printed at the top.

  2. 2

    (in combination) Having a head with specified characteristics.

    a large-headed caricature of a politician
  3. 3

    (in combination) Heading in a certain direction.

    southward-headed caravans

verb

  1. 1

    To be in command of. (See also head up.)

    Who heads the board of trustees?
  2. 2

    To come at the beginning of; to commence.

    A group of clowns headed the procession.
  3. 3

    To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball

  4. 4

    To move in a specified direction.

    How does the ship head?
  5. 5

    To remove the head from a fish.

    The salmon are first headed and then scaled.
  6. 6

    To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.

  7. 7

    To form a head.

    This kind of cabbage heads early.
  8. 8

    To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.

    to head a nail
  9. 9

    To cut off the top of; to lop off.

    to head trees
  10. 10

    To behead; to decapitate.

  11. 11

    To go in front of.

    to head a drove of cattle
  12. 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. 13

    (by extension) To check or restrain.

  14. 14

    To set on the head.

    to head a cask

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