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HEADING

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There are 17 meanings of the word Heading.

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Heading - as a noun

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

Example: "The heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
head8header10
Hypernyms (Closely Related)
line4
Hyponyms (Broadly Related)

The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
aim5bearing10
Hypernyms (Closely Related)
direction12way9
Hyponyms (Broadly Related)

A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

Example: "They dug a drift parallel with the vein"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
drift9gallery11

Heading - as a verb

To be in command of. (see also head up.)

Example: "Who heads the board of trustees?"

To come at the beginning of; to commence.

Example: "A group of clowns headed the procession."

To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball

To move in a specified direction.

Example: "How does the ship head?"

To remove the head from a fish.

Example: "The salmon are first headed and then scaled."

To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.

To form a head.

Example: "This kind of cabbage heads early."

To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.

Example: "To head a nail"

To cut off the top of; to lop off.

Example: "To head trees"

To behead; to decapitate.

To go in front of.

Example: "To head a drove of cattle"

To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.

Example: "The wind headed the ship and made progress difficult."

(by extension) to check or restrain.

To set on the head.

Example: "To head a cask"

Example Sentences

"She looked at the heading for directions."
"The newspaper heading caught my attention."
"The ship changed its heading after the storm."
"The heading of the email was misleading."
"He added a heading to each section of the report."
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Word Game Points

Is HEADING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, heading is valid for both Scrabble US and EU
US/CA Valid UK/EU Valid

HEADING has a SCRABBLE points total of 12.

Is HEADING a valid Words With Friends word?
Yes, heading is valid for Words With Friends
Valid Word
HEADING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 13.

Is HEADING a valid WordFeud word?
Yes, heading is valid for WordFeud
Valid Word
HEADING has a WORDFEUD points total of 13.

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