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Definition of headed in English: headedadjective ˈhɛdɪdˈhɛdəd 1in combination Having a head of a specified kind. Example sentencesExamples - Fantasy books are filled with stories about two-headed dragons.
- The three-headed hound of hell could not drag me away.
- The game wardens laid several charges against the men, including possession of 25 yellow-headed parrots and having caged birds in an undersized cage.
- The plesiosaurs were beginning to evolve into the familiar long-necked small-headed Plesiosauroidea.
- The small island was alive with wildlife: sloths, tapirs, and blue-headed parrots.
- He works with a white headed vulture called Ethel.
- We ran into this small, dark-headed man who was packing up his gear.
- The shiny headed guy to his right looks like he might be reading the Daily News.
- We found ourselves before the opened door and a big, clean-shaven bald-headed man stepped lightly into the room.
- The black-headed gulls are now in their winter plumage.
- 1.1 Having an intellect or personality of a specified kind.
she was always cool-headed Example sentencesExamples - The addle-headed mule wandered over to a stream to drink and I sailed down its neck.
- It is sometimes hard for a hot-headed player to keep his frustrations in check in the heat of the moment.
- She is remarkably clear-headed and very honest.
- He had always been a hard-headed man who was capable of holding his ground.
- People looked on that as being conceited or being big-headed.
- Stop being so big-headed about yourself.
- He will need to prove he is as tough as he is eloquent and as level-headed as he is inspiring.
- Some books, even empty-headed memoirs, cannot fail to sell.
- She says that it suits her for people to see her as an empty-headed blonde.
- His depiction of his own family is both measured and clear-headed.
2in combination Having a tip, end, or top part of a specified kind. Example sentencesExamples - Hover over that area and the cursor will change to a four-headed arrow.
- There's the usual fun with live jazz, good food, children's entertainment, and barrel after barrel of creamy-headed booze.
- The soldier unleashed his dual-headed axe.
- I went for the flat-headed screws, but it shouldn't make much difference.
- In his hand he carried a double-headed cleaver.
- Insulation material can be fitted inside timber framed greenhouses by using woodpins or possibly large headed tacks.
- He whacked Ian's basket of bricks with the silver headed cane he always carried.
- The tool is made up of a holder and a double headed blade.
- Tooth-brushing at least twice daily with a small headed, medium hardness brush will also help reduce decay if a fluoride toothpaste is used.
- Plastic headed corkboard pins are ideal.
- 2.1 (of certain green vegetables) having the edible leafy part at the top of the stem.
Example sentencesExamples - The new, headed cabbage is now thought to have evolved in Northern Europe.
- Kale is the more primitive of the two, and was the ordinary green stuff of country people in most parts of Europe until the end of the Middle Ages, when the headed cabbages were bred.
- One curious survivor from the early days of headed cabbages is the enormously tall Jersey or walking stick cabbage, whose stem is as high as a man and has been recorded as reaching 5 metres.
- At some time in the 1st century BC, the first headed cabbages appeared.
- It was not until well into the Middle Ages that headed cabbages spread throughout Europe to supplement the staple ' colewort ' or kale.
3in combination Having a particular person in charge; having a director or leader. Example sentencesExamples - It's been more than eight years it was a double-headed programme.
- "There has been a significant drop in the proportion of lone-parent headed households defined as poor since 1997 but there has been a rise amongst families headed by couples," he said.
- The charity helps persons who are aged, disabled or chronically ill, from single-headed households, and others genuinely unable to assist themselves.
- Single male-headed households typically result from the death of the female spouse.
- As a result of war, sanctions, and men migrating to get jobs, there are enormous numbers of women - headed households.
- Focus groups were selected for certain shared characteristics, such as female-headed households.
- An increasing number of female headed households are at risk of poverty.
- A larger proportion of single-women headed families suffered in the housing market.
- Both sides insist a double-headed leadership is quite possible.
- The travel agency features vacation packages for gay and lesbian-headed families.
4(of paper) having a printed heading, typically the name and address of a person or organization. Example sentencesExamples - They are little sketches of people or animals that he produced on the back of invoices or on the headed notepaper of his shop, to amuse his two youngest children.
- I have received private complaints on government-headed paper.
- It is perhaps instructive to note that a copy of the signed letter was sent the same day on headed fax paper.
- They should be given access to resources such as headed notepaper, provision of stationery and photocopying facilities, library facilities, e-mail, and access to a telephone.
- His written statement, on the headed memorandum paper of his solicitors, stated that Mr Ball had said in writing that they were no longer able to meet their liabilities.
- This contract should replicate what you have signed on the standard disclosure, except that you would expect it to be printed on the headed paper of the product provider you have chosen.
- My street has recently received a headed letter from a council enforcement officer, tersely quoting the law about fly-tipping.
- Details show that £463,000 has been spent since 2004 on headed paper, envelopes, and business cards.
- Letters from children receive special attention from the lady in waiting who signs the response, written on headed notepaper, on the Queen's behalf.
- Headed notepaper and other stationery items will be changed as supplies run out and so there should be no additional cost to the council.
Definition of headed in US English: headedadjectiveˈhedədˈhɛdəd 1in combination Having a head of a specified kind. Example sentencesExamples - Fantasy books are filled with stories about two-headed dragons.
- The game wardens laid several charges against the men, including possession of 25 yellow-headed parrots and having caged birds in an undersized cage.
- The small island was alive with wildlife: sloths, tapirs, and blue-headed parrots.
- The black-headed gulls are now in their winter plumage.
- He works with a white headed vulture called Ethel.
- We ran into this small, dark-headed man who was packing up his gear.
- We found ourselves before the opened door and a big, clean-shaven bald-headed man stepped lightly into the room.
- The three-headed hound of hell could not drag me away.
- The plesiosaurs were beginning to evolve into the familiar long-necked small-headed Plesiosauroidea.
- The shiny headed guy to his right looks like he might be reading the Daily News.
- 1.1 Having an intellect or personality of a specified kind.
she was always cool-headed Example sentencesExamples - People looked on that as being conceited or being big-headed.
- The addle-headed mule wandered over to a stream to drink and I sailed down its neck.
- He will need to prove he is as tough as he is eloquent and as level-headed as he is inspiring.
- Some books, even empty-headed memoirs, cannot fail to sell.
- She is remarkably clear-headed and very honest.
- It is sometimes hard for a hot-headed player to keep his frustrations in check in the heat of the moment.
- She says that it suits her for people to see her as an empty-headed blonde.
- He had always been a hard-headed man who was capable of holding his ground.
- His depiction of his own family is both measured and clear-headed.
- Stop being so big-headed about yourself.
2in combination Having a tip, end, or top part of a specified kind. Example sentencesExamples - The tool is made up of a holder and a double headed blade.
- Plastic headed corkboard pins are ideal.
- Hover over that area and the cursor will change to a four-headed arrow.
- The soldier unleashed his dual-headed axe.
- In his hand he carried a double-headed cleaver.
- I went for the flat-headed screws, but it shouldn't make much difference.
- He whacked Ian's basket of bricks with the silver headed cane he always carried.
- Tooth-brushing at least twice daily with a small headed, medium hardness brush will also help reduce decay if a fluoride toothpaste is used.
- Insulation material can be fitted inside timber framed greenhouses by using woodpins or possibly large headed tacks.
- There's the usual fun with live jazz, good food, children's entertainment, and barrel after barrel of creamy-headed booze.
- 2.1 (of certain green vegetables) having the edible leafy part at the top of the stem.
Example sentencesExamples - One curious survivor from the early days of headed cabbages is the enormously tall Jersey or walking stick cabbage, whose stem is as high as a man and has been recorded as reaching 5 metres.
- Kale is the more primitive of the two, and was the ordinary green stuff of country people in most parts of Europe until the end of the Middle Ages, when the headed cabbages were bred.
- The new, headed cabbage is now thought to have evolved in Northern Europe.
- At some time in the 1st century BC, the first headed cabbages appeared.
- It was not until well into the Middle Ages that headed cabbages spread throughout Europe to supplement the staple ' colewort ' or kale.
3in combination Having a particular person in charge; having a director or leader. Example sentencesExamples - Focus groups were selected for certain shared characteristics, such as female-headed households.
- "There has been a significant drop in the proportion of lone-parent headed households defined as poor since 1997 but there has been a rise amongst families headed by couples," he said.
- Both sides insist a double-headed leadership is quite possible.
- It's been more than eight years it was a double-headed programme.
- A larger proportion of single-women headed families suffered in the housing market.
- Single male-headed households typically result from the death of the female spouse.
- The charity helps persons who are aged, disabled or chronically ill, from single-headed households, and others genuinely unable to assist themselves.
- The travel agency features vacation packages for gay and lesbian-headed families.
- As a result of war, sanctions, and men migrating to get jobs, there are enormous numbers of women - headed households.
- An increasing number of female headed households are at risk of poverty.
4(of paper) having a printed heading, typically the name and address of a person or organization. Example sentencesExamples - They should be given access to resources such as headed notepaper, provision of stationery and photocopying facilities, library facilities, e-mail, and access to a telephone.
- Details show that £463,000 has been spent since 2004 on headed paper, envelopes, and business cards.
- It is perhaps instructive to note that a copy of the signed letter was sent the same day on headed fax paper.
- Headed notepaper and other stationery items will be changed as supplies run out and so there should be no additional cost to the council.
- My street has recently received a headed letter from a council enforcement officer, tersely quoting the law about fly-tipping.
- They are little sketches of people or animals that he produced on the back of invoices or on the headed notepaper of his shop, to amuse his two youngest children.
- This contract should replicate what you have signed on the standard disclosure, except that you would expect it to be printed on the headed paper of the product provider you have chosen.
- His written statement, on the headed memorandum paper of his solicitors, stated that Mr Ball had said in writing that they were no longer able to meet their liabilities.
- Letters from children receive special attention from the lady in waiting who signs the response, written on headed notepaper, on the Queen's behalf.
- I have received private complaints on government-headed paper.
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