headed

[ hed-id ]
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adjective
  1. having a heading or course.

  2. shaped or grown into a head.

  1. having the mentality, personality, emotional control, or quality specified, or possessing a specified number of heads (usually used in combination): a slow-headed student; a two-headed monster.

Origin of headed

1
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at head, -ed3

Other words from headed

  • un·head·ed, adjective
  • well-headed, adjective

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How to use headed in a sentence

  • The vines were kept well headed back and were trained to stakes of varying heights.

    The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick
  • When you have well headed him, walk towards him and spring the birds.

    Dog Breaking | William Nelson Hutchinson
  • We were scarce well headed for the pass before all heads were craned over the rail.

    In the South Seas | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Baskets should be neat and attractive, crates clean and snug, barrels well packed and well headed.

    Agriculture for Beginners | Charles William Burkett
  • It is so comfortable in a borough to know that it can always have its subscription lists well headed!

    Ralph the Heir | Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for headed

headed

/ (ˈhɛdɪd) /


adjective
    • having a head or heads

    • (in combination): two-headed; bullet-headed

  1. having a heading: headed notepaper

  1. (in combination) having a mind or intellect as specified: thickheaded

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