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Heading   /hˈɛdɪŋ/   Listen
Heading

noun
1.
A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.  Synonyms: head, header.
2.
The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies.  Synonyms: aim, bearing.
3.
A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine.  Synonyms: drift, gallery.


Head

verb
(past & past part. headed; pres. part. heading)
1.
To go or travel towards.  "We were headed for the mountains"
2.
Be in charge of.  Synonym: lead.
3.
Travel in front of; go in advance of others.  Synonym: lead.
4.
Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel.  Synonym: head up.
5.
Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.  Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer.
6.
Take its rise.
7.
Be in the front of or on top of.
8.
Form a head or come or grow to a head.
9.
Remove the head of.



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"Heading" Quotes from Famous Books



... just in time," said the older man. "We've heard that a big force under General Urrea was heading for the settlements near the coast, and Captain King and twenty-five or thirty men are now at Refugio to take the people away. We'll hurry there with your news and we'll try to get you a saddle ...
— The Texan Scouts - A Story of the Alamo and Goliad • Joseph A. Altsheler
... 3,518 insane, 2,202 epileptic, 918 deaf-mute, 3,375 blind, 13,753 crippled, maimed or deformed. A total of 63.7% of the whole had some serious physical or mental defect. Obviously, most of these would be taken care of under some other heading, in the program of restrictive eugenics. While paupers should be prohibited from reproduction as long as they are in state custody, careful discrimination is necessary in the treatment of those whose condition is due more ...
— Applied Eugenics • Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
... Megget," asserted Pete. "But that doesn't help us much. We don't know where that trail breaks on the plains. Besides, while we practically know the headquarters are near the old mine, we don't know they are driving the cattle there. They may be heading straight for Don ...
— Comrades of the Saddle - The Young Rough Riders of the Plains • Frank V. Webster
... tiptoe and leant over his shoulder. As she did so her eyes fell on a sheet of note-paper; it was clutched in John's right hand, and the encircling grasp covered it, save at the top. The top was visible, and Mary, before she knew what she was doing, had read the embossed heading—nothing else, just the embossed heading—Hotel ...
— Comedies of Courtship • Anthony Hope
... in the locality, and every day McCleod became more enthusiastic. After that it was hard work to keep him from heading ...
— The Tempting of Tavernake • E. Phillips Oppenheim


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