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English Dictionary: Headed by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
headed
adj
  1. having a heading or course in a certain direction; "westward headed wagons"
  2. having a heading or caption; "a headed column"; "headed notepaper"
    Antonym(s): unheaded
  3. 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"
    Antonym(s): headless
  4. of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head; "headed cabbages"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Headed \Head"ed\, a.
      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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Head \Head\, v. t. [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.
  
      {To head up}, to close, as a cask or barrel, by fitting a
            head to.
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