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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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