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beheaded

beheaded is the simple past and past participle of behead.

Meaning of behead

Verb

behead (third-person singular simple present beheads, present participle beheading, simple past and past participle beheaded)

  1. (transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
    • “For a while it was hand-to-hand between us,
      then blood went curling along the currents
      and I beheaded Grendel's mother in the hall
      with a mighty sword.”]1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 68

Adjective

beheaded (not comparable)

  1. Having had one's head cut off.
    • They gasped at the sight of the beheaded king.

Words formed from beheaded

Questions about beheaded

What does beheaded mean?
Beheaded means having had one's head cut off.
What is beheaded the simple past and past participle of?
Beheaded is the simple past and past participle of behead.
What part of speech is beheaded?
Beheaded is an adjective.

Words near beheaded in the dictionary

  1. Behcet's disease
  2. behead
  3. beheadable
  4. beheadal
  5. beheadals
  6. beheaded
  7. beheadee
  8. beheadees
  9. beheader
  10. beheaders
  11. beheadest

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