header
/'hedə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A headlong dive or fall: A jump or fall where the body goes forward with the head first.
- (Soccer) An act of striking the ball with the head: A technique used in soccer to control, pass, or score using the forehead.
- A machine for harvesting: A machine that cuts the heads off grain crops and collects them.
- (Construction) A supporting beam: A horizontal structural member placed across the top of an opening (like a door or window) or used to support the ends of other framing members.
- (Construction) A brick or stone laid horizontally: A masonry unit laid with its longest side horizontal and its end exposed in the wall face.
- A line of text at the top of a page or section: A title, heading, or piece of information (like a page number or date) that introduces or labels the content below it.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- He lost his balance and took a header down the stairs.
- The striker scored with a powerful header from the corner kick.
- The farmer used a header to harvest the wheat.
- The carpenter installed a wooden header above the new window frame.
- The bricklayer finished the course with a row of headers.
- The report's header clearly stated the document title and author.
Advanced Usage
- "To take a header": To fall or dive headfirst.
- He wasn't looking and took a header over the bicycle left on the path.
- In computing: A block of data at the beginning of a file, message, or data packet containing important control information.
- The email header contains the sender's address and the subject line.
Variants and Related Words
- Head (v): To strike a ball with the head in soccer.
- He headed the ball into the net.
- Heading (n): A title at the top of a page or section; can be synonymous with 'header' in textual contexts.
- The chapter heading was in bold font.
Synonyms
- Dive: A plunge headfirst (for the "headlong jump" sense).
- Title: The name of a book, composition, or other artistic work (for the text sense).
- Heading: A title at the head of a page or section of text.
- Lintel: A horizontal support across the top of a door or window (construction sense).
Related Phrasal Verbs
(This word is primarily a noun and does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)
Related Idioms
- To take a header: To fall or plunge headfirst.
- The skateboarder hit a rock and took a nasty header onto the pavement.
Noun
- a headlong jump (or fall)
- he took a header into the shrubbery
- (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
- a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
- a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
- brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
- horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the heading seemed to have little to do with the text