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heading

Verb

∙ present participle of head

Noun

∙ The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
∙ The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading) nautical
∙ Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
∙ A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. mining
∙ The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch. sewing
∙ The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. masonry

head

Noun

∙ The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs. countable
- ∙ To do with heads. people
- ∙ To do with heads. animals
∙ The topmost, foremost, or leading part. countable
- ∙ The end of a table.
- ∙ The principal operative part of a machine or tool. countable
- ∙ The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- ∙ The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel. engineering
- ∙ Deposits near the top of a geological succession. Britain, geology
- ∙ The end of an abscess where pus collects. medicine
- ∙ The headstock of a guitar. music
- ∙ A leading component. nautical
- ∙ A headland. Britain
∙ A leader or expert. social, countable
- ∙ The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- ∙ Leader; chief; mastermind.
- ∙ A headmaster or headmistress.
- ∙ A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop. music, slang
∙ A significant or important part.
- ∙ A beginning or end, a protuberance.
- ∙ A component.
∙ Headway; progress.
∙ Topic; subject.
∙ Denouement; crisis. uncountable
∙ Pressure and energy. fluid dynamics
- ∙ A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- ∙ The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- ∙ More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
∙ Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex. slang, uncountable
∙ The glans penis. slang
∙ A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs. slang, countable
∙ Power; armed force. obsolete

Adjective

∙ Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
∙ Foremost in rank or importance.
∙ Placed at the top or the front.
∙ Coming from in front.

Verb

∙ To be in command of. (See also head up.) transitive
∙ To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball transitive
∙ To move in a specified direction. intransitive
∙ To remove the head from a fish. fishing
∙ To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river. intransitive
∙ To form a head. intransitive
∙ To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
∙ To cut off the top of; to lop off.
∙ To behead; to decapitate. obsolete
∙ To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain.
∙ To set on the head.

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