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headed

adjective

Simple meaning

Having hair of a specified color.

Pronunciation

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hehduhd

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈhɛdəd

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Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. Having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination

  2. in combination

    Having a head or brain with specified characteristics.

  3. in combination

    Having hair of a specified color.

  4. of hardware

    Having been headed: having had a head formed (by deformation such as die-stamping).

  5. in combination

    Heading in a certain direction.

  6. Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination

Used this way, headed is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It carries warmth, so it reads as personal rather than detached.

Emotional tone
Positive
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Moderate
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Kind and considerate
Usage feel
Warm and expressive

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More ways to use headed

  • “The report was headed with a clear title and the author's name.”adjective

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • headnounBase word

    The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • headernounPerson or profession

    A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.

  • headlessadjectiveDerived adjective

    Not having a head or formed without a head.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • gaff-headed sailnounCompound term

    A quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff.

  • light-headedlyadverbCompound term

    In a giddy light-headed manner.

  • northern casque-headed frognounCompound term

    Terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head.

  • pig-headedlyadverbCompound term

    In a stubborn unregenerate manner.

  • round-headed leeknounCompound term

    Old World leek with a spherical bulb.

  • spiny-headed wormnounCompound term

    Any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines.

Related Words

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Synonyms

Sense: having a head of a specified kind

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