headed

[hed-id]

adjective

1. having a heading heading or course.

2. shaped or grown into a head. heads.

3. having the mentality, personality, emotional control, or quality specified, or possessing a specified number of heads heads (usually used in combination).

   a slow-headed student; a two-headed monster.

headed

/ ˈhɛdɪd /

adjective

1. 1. having a head or heads

   2. ( in combination )

      two-headed

      bullet-headed

2. having a heading

   headed notepaper

3. (in combination) having a mind or intellect as specified

   thickheaded

Other Word Forms

• unheaded adjective
• well-headed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of headed¹

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; head, -ed ³

Example Sentences

That’s what the president is trying to avoid this time around — particularly with his picks headed in the west, experts said.

From Los Angeles Times

They love going “into” the sandbox, “around” the tree and “behind” the chair as they’ve headed out on missions, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

The pursuit continued to the southbound 5 Freeway, according to the sheriff’s news release, where the suspect exited at El Toro Road, drove through a business complex and headed north on El Toro Road.

From Los Angeles Times

He drank the coffee his wife had brought him as he headed to the produce market, where he’d worked for the same company for eight years.

From Los Angeles Times

Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warned senators that America’s public health system is headed to a ‘dangerous place’ under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• en route