beheading : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: beheading	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for beheading
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beheading n execution by cutting off the victim's head [syn: decapitation, beheading] killing by cutting off the head Synonym(s): decapitation, beheading
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Behead \Be*head"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beheaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beheading}.] [OE. bihefden, AS. behe[a0]fdian; pref. be- + he[a0]fod head. See {Head}.] To sever the head from; to take off the head of.