headed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdɪd/

Etymology 1

head (“noun”) +‎ -ed.

Adjective

headed (not comparable)

1. Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. pre-printed at the top.
2. (in combination) Having a head with specified characteristics.

   a large-headed caricature of a politician

3. (in combination) Heading in a certain direction.

   southward-headed caravans

Derived terms

• cloud-headed
• fair-headed, fairheaded
• twi-headed
• wrong-headed, wrongheaded

Translations

having the sender's name, etc., pre-printed at the top

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having a head with specified characteristics

• Bulgarian: озаглавен (bg) (ozaglaven)
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• Swedish: -hövdad (sv), -huvad

going in a certain direction

• Bulgarian: тръгнал (bg) (trǎgnal), отправил се към (otpravil se kǎm)
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Etymology 2

See head (verb).

Verb

headed

1. simple past and past participle of head

   Smith headed the team last summer.

   We headed toward the ocean.