behead

be·head

B0164400 (bĭ-hĕd′)tr.v. be·head·ed, be·head·ing, be·heads To separate the head from; decapitate.

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[Middle English biheden, from Old English behēafdian : be-, away from; see be- + hēafod, head; see head.]

behead

(bɪˈhɛd) vb (tr) to remove the head from; decapitate[Old English behēafdian, from be- + heafod head; related to Middle High German behoubeten]

be•head

(bɪˈhɛd)

v.t. to cut off the head of; decapitate. [before 1000] be•head′al, n. be•head′er, n.

behead

Past participle: beheaded
Gerund: beheading

Imperative
behead
behead

Present
I behead
you behead
he/she/it beheads
we behead
you behead
they behead

Preterite
I beheaded
you beheaded
he/she/it beheaded
we beheaded
you beheaded
they beheaded

Present Continuous
I am beheading
you are beheading
he/she/it is beheading
we are beheading
you are beheading
they are beheading

Present Perfect
I have beheaded
you have beheaded
he/she/it has beheaded
we have beheaded
you have beheaded
they have beheaded

Past Continuous
I was beheading
you were beheading
he/she/it was beheading
we were beheading
you were beheading
they were beheading

Past Perfect
I had beheaded
you had beheaded
he/she/it had beheaded
we had beheaded
you had beheaded
they had beheaded

Future
I will behead
you will behead
he/she/it will behead
we will behead
you will behead
they will behead

Future Perfect
I will have beheaded
you will have beheaded
he/she/it will have beheaded
we will have beheaded
you will have beheaded
they will have beheaded

Future Continuous
I will be beheading
you will be beheading
he/she/it will be beheading
we will be beheading
you will be beheading
they will be beheading

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been beheading
you have been beheading
he/she/it has been beheading
we have been beheading
you have been beheading
they have been beheading

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been beheading
you will have been beheading
he/she/it will have been beheading
we will have been beheading
you will have been beheading
they will have been beheading

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been beheading
you had been beheading
he/she/it had been beheading
we had been beheading
you had been beheading
they had been beheading

Conditional
I would behead
you would behead
he/she/it would behead
we would behead
you would behead
they would behead

Past Conditional
I would have beheaded
you would have beheaded
he/she/it would have beheaded
we would have beheaded
you would have beheaded
they would have beheaded

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

behead - cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"decapitate, decollatekill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"guillotine - kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"

behead

verb decapitate, execute, guillotine, truncate, decollate (archaic) Charles I was beheaded by the Cromwellians.

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