3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Head \Head\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Headed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Heading}.]
1. To be at the head of to put one's self at the head of to
lead; to direct; to act as leader to as to head an army,
an expedition, or a riot. --Dryden.
2. To form a head to to fit or furnish with a head; as to
head a nail. --Spenser.
3. To behead; to decapitate. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. To cut off the top of to lop off as to head trees.
5. To go in front of to get in the front of so as to hinder
or stop; to oppose; hence to check or restrain; as to
head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a
ship.
6. To set on the head; as to head a cask.
{To head off}, to intercept; to get before as an officer
heads off a thief who is escaping.
{To head up}, to close as a cask or barrel, by fitting a
head to
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Headed \Head"ed\, a.
1. Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual
faculties); -- used in composition; as clear-headed,
long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.
2. Formed into a head; as a headed cabbage.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
headed
adj 1: having a heading or course in a certain direction; "westward
headed wagons"
2: having a heading or caption; "a headed column"; "headed
notepaper" [ant: {unheaded}]
3: having a head or anything that serves as a head; often used
in combination; "headed bolts"; "three-headed Cerberus";
"a cool-headed fighter pilot" [ant: {headless}]
4: of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head; "headed
cabbages"
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