headed

[ hed-id ]
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adjective
  1. having a heading or course.

  2. shaped or grown into a head.

  1. having the mentality, personality, emotional control, or quality specified, or possessing a specified number of heads (usually used in combination): a slow-headed student; a two-headed monster.

Origin of headed

1
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at head, -ed3

Other words from headed

  • un·head·ed, adjective
  • well-headed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for headed

headed

/ (ˈhɛdɪd) /


adjective
    • having a head or heads

    • (in combination): two-headed; bullet-headed

  1. having a heading: headed notepaper

  1. (in combination) having a mind or intellect as specified: thickheaded

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