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heading head·ing

Spelling: [hed-ing]

IPA: /ˈhɛd ɪŋ/

Heading is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in heading (adeghin).

Definitions for heading

noun

1. something that serves as a head, top, or front.
2. a title or caption of a page, chapter, etc.
3. a section of the subject of a discourse; a main division of a topic or theme.
4. the compass direction toward which a traveler or vehicle is or should be moving; course.
5. an active underground mining excavation in the earth, as a drift or raise being or about to be driven.
6. Aeronautics. the angle between the axis from front to rear of an aircraft and some reference line, as magnetic north.
7. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
8. the corresponding part of the body in other animals.
9. the head considered as the center of the intellect, as of thought, memory, understanding, or emotional control; mind; brain:
10. the position or place of leadership, greatest authority, or honor.
11. a person to whom others are subordinate, as the director of an institution or the manager of a department; leader or chief.
12. a person considered with reference to his or her mind, disposition, attributes, status, etc.:
13. that part of anything that forms or is regarded as forming the top, summit, or upper end:
14. the foremost part or front end of anything or a forward projecting part:
15. the part of a weapon, tool, etc., used for striking:
16. a person or animal considered merely as one of a number, herd, or group:
17. a culminating point, usually of a critical nature; crisis or climax:
18. the hair covering the head:
19. froth or foam at the top of a liquid:
20. Botany. any dense flower cluster or inflorescence. any other compact part of a plant, usually at the top of the stem, as that composed of leaves in the cabbage or lettuce, of leafstalks in the celery, or of flower buds in the cauliflower.
21. the maturated part of an abscess, boil, etc.
22. a projecting point of a coast, especially when high, as a cape, headland, or promontory.
23. the obverse of a coin, as bearing a head or other principal figure (opposed to tail).
24. one of the chief parts or points of a written or oral discourse; a main division of a subject, theme, or topic.
25. something resembling a head in form or a representation of a head, as a piece of sculpture.
26. the source of a river or stream.
27. Slang. a habitual user of a drug, especially LSD or marijuana (often used in combination): a fan or devotee (usually used in combination):
28. heads, Distilling. alcohol produced during the initial fermentation. Compare tail1 (def 6d).
29. headline.
30. a toilet or lavatory, especially on a boat or ship.
31. Nautical. the forepart of a vessel; bow. the upper edge of a quadrilateral sail. the upper corner of a jib-headed sail. that part of the upper end of one spar of a mast that is overlapped by a spar above; a doubling at the upper end of a spar. that part of the upper end of a mast between the highest standing rigging and the truck. crown (def 29).
32. Grammar. the member of an endocentric construction that belongs to the same form class and may play the same grammatical role as the construction itself. the member upon which another depends and to which it is subordinate. In former presidents, presidents is head and former is modifier.
33. the stretched membrane covering the end of a drum or similar musical instrument.
34. Mining. a level or road driven into solid coal for proving or working a mine.
35. Machinery. any of various devices on machine tools for holding, moving, indexing, or changing tools or work, as the headstock or turret of a lathe.
36. Railroads. railhead (def 3).
37. (loosely) the pressure exerted by confined fluid:
38. Also called pressure head. Hydraulics. the vertical distance between two points in a liquid, as water, or some other fluid. the pressure differential resulting from this separation, expressed in terms of the vertical distance between the points. the pressure of a fluid expressed in terms of the height of a column of liquid yielding an equivalent pressure.
39. Also called magnetic head. Electronics. the part or parts of a tape recorder that record, play back, or erase magnetic signals on magnetic tape. Compare erasing head, playback head, recording head.
40. Computers. read/write head.
41. Photography. a mounting for a camera, as on a tripod. the part of an enlarger that contains the light source, negative carrier, lensboard, and lens.
42. Slang: Vulgar. fellatio or cunnilingus.
43. Archaic. power, strength, or force progressively gathered or gradually attained.
44. heads up! Informal. be careful! watch out for danger!

Idioms

1. (down) by the head, Nautical. so loaded as to draw more water forward than aft.
2. come to a head, to suppurate, as a boil. to reach a crisis; culminate:
3. get one's head together, Slang. to have one's actions, thoughts, or emotions under control or in order:
4. give head, Slang: Vulgar. to perform fellatio or cunnilingus.
5. give someone his / her head, to permit someone to do as he or she likes; allow someone freedom of choice:
6. go to someone's head, to make someone dizzy or drunk; overcome one with excitement: to make someone conceited or self-important:
7. hang one's head, to become dejected or ashamed: Also, hide one's head.
8. have one’s head screwed on right / straight, Informal. to be sensible or rational: Also, have one’s head on right/straight.
9. head and shoulders, far better, more qualified, etc.; superior: Archaic. by force.
10. head over heels, headlong, as in a somersault: intensely; completely: impulsively; carelessly:
11. head to head, in direct opposition or competition:
12. keep one's head, to remain calm or poised, as in the midst of crisis or confusion:
13. keep one's head above water, to remain financially solvent:
14. lay / put heads together, to meet in order to discuss, consult, or scheme:
15. lose one's head, to become uncontrolled or wildly excited:
16. make head, to progress or advance, especially despite opposition; make headway:
17. make heads roll, to exert authority by firing or dismissing employees or subordinates:
18. not make head or tail of, to be unable to understand or decipher: Also, not make heads or tails of.
19. off the top of one's head, candidly or extemporaneously:
20. one's head off, extremely; excessively:
21. on one's head, as one's responsibility or fault:
22. out of one's head / mind, insane; crazy. Informal. delirious; irrational:
23. over one's head, beyond one's comprehension, ability, or resources: beyond one's financial resources or ability to pay:
24. over someone's head, to appeal to someone having a superior position or prior claim:
25. pull one's head in, Australian Slang. to keep quiet or mind one's own business; shut up.
26. rear its (ugly) head, (of something undesirable) to emerge or make an appearance, especially after being hidden:
27. take it into one's head, to form a notion, purpose, or plan: Also, take into one's head.
28. turn someone's head, to cause someone to become smug or conceited: to cause one to become foolish or confused:

adjective

1. first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal:
2. of, relating to, or for the head (often used in combination):
3. situated at the top, front, or head of anything (often used in combination):
4. moving or coming from a direction in front of the head or prow of a vessel:
5. Slang. of or relating to drugs, drug paraphernalia, or drug users.

Verb phrases

1. head off, to go before in order to hinder the progress of; intercept:

verb (used with object)

1. to go at the head of or in front of; lead; precede:
2. to outdo or excel; take the lead in or over:
3. to be the head or chief of (sometimes followed by up):
4. to direct the course of; turn the head or front of in a specified direction:
5. to go around the head of (a stream).
6. to furnish or fit with a head.
7. to take the head off; decapitate; behead.
8. to remove the upper branches of (a tree).
9. Fox Hunting. to turn aside (a fox) from its intended course.
10. to get in front of in order to stop, turn aside, attack, etc.
11. headline (def 4).
12. Soccer. to propel (the ball) by striking it with the head, especially with the forehead.

verb (used without object)

1. to move forward toward a point specified; direct one's course; go in a certain direction:
2. to come or grow to a head; form a head:
3. (of a river or stream) to have the head or source where specified.

Origin of heading

First recorded in 1250-1300, heading is from the Middle English word hefding. See head, -ing¹

Examples for heading

The paper she held in her hand was hospital paper with the heading torn off.

And now many of those Democrats are heading home after long careers in public life, with some losing easily winnable races.

It was Cape Clear, and we were heading for it as straight as we could go.

But when he saw that all his neighbours were also heading to the stores for stocks, he changed his mind.

Seven out of ten Americans think America is heading in the wrong direction.

The phone is apparently the one he took from his girlfriend after shooting her outside Baltimore and heading for New York.

Think of our world as it looks from the rocket that is heading toward Mars.

heading our steeds in that direction, we pressed on at the top of our speed.

For Jane Doe though, she was heading into yet another nightmare.

Finally it seemed to be heading toward us, but we were not certain.