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Hed
The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
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noun
- 1
The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
"Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite."
- 2
The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
"What does it say at the head of the page?"
- 3
(social, metonymy) A leader or expert.
- 4
A significant or important part.
noun
- 1
The headline of a news story.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hed"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| headnoun | (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs. |
| k-hednoun | (US, journalism) A brief news item in a newspaper consisting of a one-line heading and a single paragraph, especially one of little interest added to fill space. |
| headlinesenoun | The jargon used in headlines of newspapers, often with unconventional grammar driven mainly by extreme brevity as a constraint of the medium. |
| hammernoun | A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding. |
| headline-esenoun | Alternative form of headlinese. [The jargon used in headlines of newspapers, often with unconventional grammar driven mainly by extreme brevity as a constraint of the medium.] |
| running headnoun | Alternative form of running headline. [Text (such as a title) printed at the top of every (or every other) page of a book, newspaper, etc.] |
| headingverb | The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof. |
| hdg.noun | Abbreviation of heading. [The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.] |
| hedgetopnoun | The top of a hedge. |
| headernoun | The upper portion of a page (or other) layout. |
| headwordnoun | A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus. |
| heads-upnoun | (chiefly US, idiomatic) A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler. |
| heads upnoun | (poker) Containing only two players. |
| newsholenoun | Alternative form of news hole. [The amount of space in a newspaper or broadcast news show that remains for journalism after advertising has been placed; the amount of content a news provider needs to create in every publishing cycle.] |
| headtermnoun | (linguistics), (terminology), (terminography) A term used as the title of a section, particularly in a terminological dictionary. |
| hard newsnoun | (journalism, broadcasting) Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events. |
| hatchnoun | A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. |
| hedgienoun | (finance, informal) A hedge fund trader. |
| hadenoun | (geology) A slope; (in mining) the slope of a vein, fault or dike from the vertical; the complement of the dip. |
| heedancenoun | Heed. |
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