headed

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    adj.

  • having a heading or course in a certain direction

    westward headed wagons

  • having a heading or caption

    a headed column

    headed notepaper

  • having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination

    headed bolts

    three-headed Cerberus

    a cool-headed fighter pilot

  • of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head

    headed cabbages

    n.

  • the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; caput

    he stuck his head out the window

  • a single domestic animal

    200 head of cattle

  • that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; mind, brain, psyche, nous

    his mind wandered

    I couldn't get his words out of my head

  • a person who is in charge; chief, top dog

    the head of the whole operation

  • the front of a military formation or procession

    the head of the column advanced boldly

    they were at the head of the attack

  • the pressure exerted by a fluid

    a head of steam

  • the top of something

    the head of the stairs

    the head of the page

    the head of the list

  • the source of water from which a stream arises; fountainhead, headspring

    they tracked him back toward the head of the stream

  • (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent; head word
  • the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
  • the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

    he is two heads taller than his little sister

    his horse won by a head

  • a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; capitulum

    a head of cauliflower

    a head of lettuce

  • the educator who has executive authority for a school; principal, school principal, head teacher

    she sent unruly pupils to see the principal

  • an individual person

    tickets are $5 per head

  • a user of (usually soft) drugs

    the office was full of secret heads

  • a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea); promontory, headland, foreland
  • a rounded compact mass

    the head of a comet

  • the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

    the beer had a large head of foam

  • the part in the front or nearest the viewer; forefront

    he was in the forefront

    he was at the head of the column

  • a difficult juncture; pass, straits

    a pretty pass

    matters came to a head yesterday

  • forward movement; headway

    the ship made little headway against the gale

  • a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; point

    the point of the arrow was due north

  • the subject matter at issue; question

    the question of disease merits serious discussion

    under the head of minor Roman poets

  • a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; heading, header

    the heading seemed to have little to do with the text

  • the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

    the head of the humerus

  • that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
  • (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk; read/write head
  • (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

    call heads or tails!

  • the striking part of a tool

    the head of the hammer

  • (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
  • a projection out from one end

    the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin

  • a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum; drumhead
  • oral stimulation of the genitals; oral sex

    they say he gives good head

    v.

  • to go or travel towards

    where is she heading

    We were headed for the mountains

  • be in charge of; lead

    Who is heading this project?

  • travel in front of; go in advance of others; lead

    The procession was headed by John

  • be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; head up

    This student heads the class

  • direct the course; determine the direction of travelling; steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, guide, channelize, channelise
  • take its rise

    These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas

  • be in the front of or on top of

    The list was headed by the name of the president

  • form a head or come or grow to a head

    The wheat headed early this year

  • remove the head of

    head the fish

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

heads|headed|heading
syn.: administer brain command conclusion conduct control crisis crown direct dominate go govern gravitate initiate intelligence lead manage mentality mind pate precede proceed rule run supervise top understanding
ant.: foot tail