Headed
['hedɪd] or ['hɛdɪd]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) having a heading or caption; 'a headed column'; 'headed notepaper' .
(adj.) of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head; 'headed cabbages' .
(adj.) having a heading or course in a certain direction; 'westward headed wagons' .
Edited by Estelle--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Head
(a.) Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.
(a.) Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
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Examples
- The gold-headed cane is farcical considered as an acknowledgment to me; but happily I am above mercenary considerations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If a man of my cunning cannot circumvent this dull-headed— Cautious. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Diving into the dense obscurity in a line headed by Sam the turf-cutter, they pursued their trackless way home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mr. Miller,' said Mr. Pickwick to his old acquaintance, the hard-headed gentleman, 'a glass of wine? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A red-headed man was working in the garden; and to him Mr. Pickwick called lustily, 'Hollo there! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The woman looked very hard at the whole party; and the red-headed man whispered something in her ear. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Again and again he strove to break away, but I as often headed him off. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I hope we shall meet again, Sir,' said the powdered-headed footman, rubbing his hands, and following Sam out to the door-step. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She was a poor, empty-headed, spiritless woman--what you call a born drudge--and I was now and then not averse to plaguing her by taking Anne away. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I would not change you for the clearest-headed, longest-sighted, best-judging female breathing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- No, sir, we have strong reason to believe that he already understands that he has acted in an indiscreet and hot-headed manner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I dropped into a horizontal course and headed due north. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The hard-headed man looked dubiously round, but finding himself in a minority, assumed a compassionate air and said no more. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This is a longer-headed schemer than I thought him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He looked small and gray-headed and Robert Jordan thought, I wonder how he ever carried such big loads if that is the size he really was. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They seemed to be headed in a southwesterly direction, which would take them away from us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- An old gray-headed man tottered forward to slake his burning thirst. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- All red-headed men who are sound in body and mind and above the age of twenty-one years, are eligible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Carthoris and I, with Kantos Kan, took the remaining ships and headed for the entrance to Omean. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- People talk across the court out of window, and bare-headed scouts come hurrying in from Chancery Lane to know what's the matter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I never did see such a addle-headed old creetur! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The original was then transcribed by General Parker upon official headed paper and a copy furnished General Lee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We rushed along the pavement, bare-headed as we were, and at the far corner we found a policeman standing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lord Triton is precisely the man: full of plans for making the people happy in a soft-headed sort of way. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was of a chuckle-headed, high-shouldered make, with a general appearance of being, not so much a young man as a swelled boy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He held a short, metal-headed stick in his hand, and he advanced in so menacing a fashion that I was right glad to feel the revolver in my pocket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They swarmed close up to the walls, headed, as I think, by the knave who won the prize at the archery, for I knew his horn and baldric. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She chatted away volubly, and seemed full of a light-headed sort of satisfaction with herself and her position. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It is dim enough, with a blot-headed candle or so in the windows, and an old man and a cat sitting in the back part by a fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The defiant and pagan bonnet-grec had vanished: bare-headed, he came upon us, carrying a Christian hat in his gloved hand. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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