ALL meanings of heading
head·ing
H h - noun heading a projecting point of a coast, especially when high, as a cape, headland, or promontory. 1
- noun heading the obverse of a coin, as bearing a head or other principal figure (opposed to tail). 1
- noun heading one of the chief parts or points of a written or oral discourse; a main division of a subject, theme, or topic. 1
- noun heading A title at the head of a page or section of a book. 1
- noun heading something resembling a head in form or a representation of a head, as a piece of sculpture. 1
- noun heading the source of a river or stream. 1
- noun heading Slang. a habitual user of a drug, especially LSD or marijuana (often used in combination): feds versus the heads; an acid-head; a pothead. a fan or devotee (usually used in combination): a punk-rock head; a chili head. 1
- noun heading heads, Distilling. alcohol produced during the initial fermentation. Compare tail1 (def 6d). 1
- abbreviation HEADING headline. 1
- noun heading a toilet or lavatory, especially on a boat or ship. 1
- noun heading Nautical. the forepart of a vessel; bow. the upper edge of a quadrilateral sail. the upper corner of a jib-headed sail. that part of the upper end of one spar of a mast that is overlapped by a spar above; a doubling at the upper end of a spar. that part of the upper end of a mast between the highest standing rigging and the truck. crown (def 29). 1
- noun heading Grammar. the member of an endocentric construction that belongs to the same form class and may play the same grammatical role as the construction itself. the member upon which another depends and to which it is subordinate. In former presidents, presidents is head and former is modifier. 1
- noun heading the stretched membrane covering the end of a drum or similar musical instrument. 1
- noun heading Mining. a level or road driven into solid coal for proving or working a mine. 1
- noun heading Machinery. any of various devices on machine tools for holding, moving, indexing, or changing tools or work, as the headstock or turret of a lathe. 1
- noun heading Railroads. railhead (def 3). 1
- noun heading (loosely) the pressure exerted by confined fluid: a head of steam. 1
- noun heading Also called pressure head. Hydraulics. the vertical distance between two points in a liquid, as water, or some other fluid. the pressure differential resulting from this separation, expressed in terms of the vertical distance between the points. the pressure of a fluid expressed in terms of the height of a column of liquid yielding an equivalent pressure. 1
- noun heading Also called magnetic head. Electronics. the part or parts of a tape recorder that record, play back, or erase magnetic signals on magnetic tape. Compare erasing head, playback head, recording head. 1
- noun heading Computers. read/write head. 1
- noun heading Photography. a mounting for a camera, as on a tripod. the part of an enlarger that contains the light source, negative carrier, lensboard, and lens. 1
- noun heading Slang: Vulgar. fellatio or cunnilingus. 1
- noun heading Archaic. power, strength, or force progressively gathered or gradually attained. 1
- noun heading heads up! Informal. be careful! watch out for danger! 1
- adjective heading first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official. 1
- adjective heading of, relating to, or for the head (often used in combination): head covering; headgear; headpiece. 1
- adjective heading situated at the top, front, or head of anything (often used in combination): headline; headboard. 1
- adjective heading moving or coming from a direction in front of the head or prow of a vessel: head sea; head tide; head current. 1
- adjective heading Slang. of or relating to drugs, drug paraphernalia, or drug users. 1
- verb with object heading to go at the head of or in front of; lead; precede: to head a list. 1
- verb with object heading to outdo or excel; take the lead in or over: to head a race; to head one's competitors in a field. 1
- verb with object heading to be the head or chief of (sometimes followed by up): to head a school; to head up a department. 1
- verb with object heading to direct the course of; turn the head or front of in a specified direction: I'll head the boat for the shore. Head me in the right direction and I'll walk to the store. 1
- verb with object heading to go around the head of (a stream). 1
- verb with object heading to furnish or fit with a head. 1
- verb with object heading to take the head off; decapitate; behead. 1
- verb with object heading to remove the upper branches of (a tree). 1
- verb with object heading Fox Hunting. to turn aside (a fox) from its intended course. 1
- verb with object heading to get in front of in order to stop, turn aside, attack, etc. 1
- verb with object heading headline (def 4). 1
- verb with object heading Soccer. to propel (the ball) by striking it with the head, especially with the forehead. 1
- verb without object heading to move forward toward a point specified; direct one's course; go in a certain direction: to head toward town. 1
- verb without object heading to come or grow to a head; form a head: Cabbage heads quickly. 1
- verb without object heading (of a river or stream) to have the head or source where specified. 1
- idioms heading (down) by the head, Nautical. so loaded as to draw more water forward than aft. 1
- idioms heading come to a head, to suppurate, as a boil. to reach a crisis; culminate: The struggle for power came to a head. 1
- idioms heading get one's head together, Slang. to have one's actions, thoughts, or emotions under control or in order: If he'd get his head together, maybe he'd get to work on time. 1
- idioms heading give head, Slang: Vulgar. to perform fellatio or cunnilingus. 1
- idioms heading give someone his / her head, to permit someone to do as he or she likes; allow someone freedom of choice: She wanted to go away to college, and her parents gave her her head. 1
- idioms heading go to someone's head, to make someone dizzy or drunk; overcome one with excitement: Power went to his head. The brandy went to his head. to make someone conceited or self-important: Success went to his head. 1