headed

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (4)

  1. having a heading or course in a certain direction“westward headed wagons”
  2. having a heading or caption“a headed column”“headed notepaper”
  3. 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”
  4. of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head“headed cabbages”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Head \Head\ (h[e^]d), 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. [1913 Webster]

2.To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

3.To behead; to decapitate. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4.To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

6.To set on the head; as, to head a cask. [1913 Webster]

To head off, to intercept; to get before; as, an officer heads off a thief who is escaping. "We'll head them off at the pass."

To head up, (a) to close, as a cask or barrel, by fitting a head to. (b) To serve as the leader of; as, to head up a team of investigators. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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. [1913 Webster]

2.Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage. [1913 Webster]

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