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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Head \Head\ (h[e^]d), verb (used with an object) [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. ''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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Headed \Head"ed\, adjective
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) 2.0 [wn]:
headed
adjective
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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