heading

[ˈhɛɾ.ɪŋ]

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”

1
The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
2
The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
3
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
4
A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
5
The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
6
The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
7
(flags) A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.

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