Definition

1. 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

1. of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head
   • headed cabbages
2. 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
3. having a heading or caption
   • a headed column
   • headed notepaper
4. having a heading or course in a certain direction
   • westward headed wagons