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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Head \Head\ (h[e^]d), 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to
        head a nail. --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To behead; to decapitate. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To set on the head; as, to head a cask.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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 ]


  Heading \Head"ing\, n.
     1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads;
        formation of a head.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a
        paper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Mining, tunneling)
        (a) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; the vein above a
            drift.
        (b) The end of a drift or gallery; also, the working face
            at the end of a tunnel, gallery, drift, or adit from
            which the work is advanced.
            [1913 Webster +RH]
  
     5. (Sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line
        of stitch.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Masonry) That end of a stone or brick which is presented
        outward. --Knight.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Heading course (Arch.), a course consisting only of
        headers. See Header, n. 3
        (a) .
  
     Heading joint.
        (a) (Carp.) A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at
            right angles to the grain of the wood.
        (b) (Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same
            course.
            [1913 Webster]

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Heading \Head"ing\, n.
     1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads;
        formation of a head.
  
     2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a
        paper.
  
     3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
  
     4. (Mining.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the
        end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
  
     5. (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line
        of stitch.
  
     6. (Masonry) That end of a stone or brick which is presented
        outward. --Knight.
  
     Heading course (Arch.), a course consisting only of
        headers. See Header, n. 3
        (a) .
  
     Heading joint.
        (a) (Carp.) A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at
            right angles to the grain of the wood.
        (b) (Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same
            course.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  heading
       n 1: a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it
            is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with
            the text" [syn: header, head]
       2: the direction or path along which something moves or along
          which it lies [syn: bearing, aim]
       3: a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
          "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" [syn: drift, gallery]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  heading
     Αγγλικά n.
     τίτλος κείμενο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  heading
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (alt sp nn hedding)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  heading
     n.
     1 The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section
  thereof.
     2 (lb en nautical) 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)
     3 Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
     4 (lb en mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end
  of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
     5 (lb en sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of
  stitch.
     6 (lb en masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented
  outward<ref>(R:Knight AMD)</ref>.
     7 (lb en flags) A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used
  for attaching the flag to its halyard.
     vb.
     (present participle of en head nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  heading
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (alt sp nn hedding)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  heading
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (alt sp nn hedding)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  heading
     Englanti n.
     otsikko
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm h ead ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  heading
     Engelska n.
     1 rubrik, överskrift
     2 riktning

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  heading /hˈɛdɪŋ/
  graad

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Heading /hˈɛdɪŋ/
  العنوان

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  heading //ˈhɛdɪŋ// 
  1. курс, направле́ние
  direction
  2. загла́вие
  title

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  heading /hˈɛdɪŋ/
  heslo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  heading /hˈɛdɪŋ/
  záhlaví

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  heading /hˈɛdɪŋ/ 
  hlavička

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  heading /hˈɛdɪŋ/ 
  nadpis

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  heading /hˈɛdɪŋ/ 
  titul

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  heading /hˈɛdɪŋ/ 
  titulek

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  heading /hˈɛdɪŋ/ 
  pennawd

From English-Danish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.0 : [ freedict:eng-dan ]


  heading /hˈɛdɪŋ/ 
  overskrift