headed

headed
head ► NOUN 1) the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs. 2) a person in charge; a director or leader. 3) the front, forward, or upper part or end of something. 4) the cutting or operational end of a tool or mechanism. 5) a person considered as a numerical unit. 6) (treated as pl. ) a number of cattle or game as specified: seventy head of cattle. 7) a compact mass of leaves or flowers at the top of a stem. 8) a component in an audio, video, or information system by which information is transferred from an electrical signal to the recording medium, or vice versa. 9) the flattened or knobbed end of a nail, pin, screw, or match. 10) the source of a river or stream. 11) the foam on top of a glass of beer. 12) (heads) the side of a coin bearing the image of a head. 13) pressure of water or steam in an engine or other confined space: a good head of steam.
► ADJECTIVE ▪ chief; principal.
► VERB 1) be or act as the head of. 2) give a title or heading to. 3) move in a specified direction. 4) (head off) intercept and turn aside. 5) Soccer shoot or pass (the ball) with the head.
● be banging one's head against a brick wall — Cf. ↑be banging one's head against a brick wall
● come to a head — Cf. ↑come to a head
● get one's head down — Cf. ↑get one's head down
● give someone his (or her) head — Cf. ↑give someone his head
● go to someone's head — Cf. ↑go to someone's head
● a head for — Cf. ↑a head for
● one's head off — Cf. ↑one's head off
● head over heels — Cf. ↑head over heels
● a head start — Cf. ↑a head start
● keep one's head — Cf. ↑keep one's head
● keep one's head above water — Cf. ↑keep one's head above water
● lose one's head — Cf. ↑lose one's head
● make head or tail of — Cf. ↑make head or tail of
● off (or out of) one's head — Cf. ↑out of one's head
● off the top of one's head — Cf. ↑off the top of one's head
● over someone's head — Cf. ↑over someone's head
● turn someone's head — Cf. ↑turn someone's head
DERIVATIVES headed adjective headless adjective.
ORIGIN Old English.

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