headed
/'hedid/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a head or top part of a specified type: Often used in combination to describe something that possesses a head, leader, or top part.
- Having a formed head: Specifically of plants like lettuce or cabbage, meaning the leaves have grown into a compact, rounded mass.
- Having a heading or caption: Containing a title, address, or direction written at the top.
- Moving in a specified direction: Oriented or directed toward a particular course or goal.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The bolt is a headed bolt, designed for a specific type of fastener.
- We harvested the headed cabbages from the garden.
- She wrote the letter on headed notepaper from her company.
- The westward-headed wagons continued their journey across the plains.
Advanced Usage
- Compound Adjectives: The word is frequently used in combination with another word (often hyphenated) to specify the type of head or direction.
- The clear-headed manager made rational decisions under pressure.
- The story is about a three-headed dragon.
- The south-headed migration of birds occurs every autumn.
Variants and Related Words
- -headed: A suffix-like element used to form compound adjectives (e.g., , , ).
- Head (noun/verb): The root word. As a verb, it means to be in charge of or to move in a specific direction (e.g., , ).
- Heading (noun): A title at the top of a page or section; the direction in which something is moving.
Synonyms
- Crowned (for plants, e.g., a headed cabbage).
- Titled (for documents, e.g., headed paper).
- Directed or Orientated (for movement, e.g., south-headed).
- Topped (in some contexts).
Related Phrases
- Headed for: A phrasal verb form meaning moving toward or likely to experience something.
- The economy is headed for a recession.
- After the meeting, I'm headed for the airport.
Related Idioms
- Headed in the right direction: Making progress toward a good or correct outcome.
- Your revised plan shows you're finally headed in the right direction.
- Headed for a fall: Likely to fail or get into trouble soon.
- With that arrogant attitude, he's headed for a fall.
Adjective
- of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head
- headed cabbages
- 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
- having a heading or caption
- a headed column
- headed notepaper
- having a heading or course in a certain direction
- westward headed wagons