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headed

/ˈhɛdɪd/

headed adjective: of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top. Also the simple past and past participle of head.

Adjective (1)

headed (not comparable)

  1. Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top.
    Antonyms:
    unheaded, headless
  2. (in-compounds) Having a head or brain with specified characteristics.
    • a large-headed caricature of a politician
    • a mad-headed young man
    Synonyms:
    minded
  3. (in-compounds) Having hair of a specified color.
  4. Having been headed: having had a head formed (by deformation such as die-stamping).
    Antonyms:
    headless, unheaded

Adjective (2)

headed (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Heading in a certain direction.
    • southward-headed caravans

Also used as

headed is also the simple past and past participle of head.

headed meaning in Tamil

headed in Tamil

தலையாட்டினார்

Examples of headed in a sentence

  • As it drew towards evening, I packed up and headed for home.
  • On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house.
  • The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.

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Origin of headed

From head (“noun”) + -ed.

See head (verb).

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Questions about headed

What does headed mean?
Headed means of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top.
What is headed in Tamil?
Headed in Tamil is தலையாட்டினார். See Headed meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is headed?
Headed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce headed?
Headed is pronounced /ˈhɛdɪd/.

Words near headed in the dictionary

  1. headdress
  2. headdressed
  3. headdresses
  4. headectomies
  5. headectomy
  6. headed
  7. headed for the hills
  8. headed off
  9. headed off at the pass
  10. headed out
  11. headed south

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headed (page history and authors); headed (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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