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unheading

unheading is the present participle and gerund of unhead.

Meaning of unhead

Verb

unhead (third-person singular simple present unheads, present participle unheading, simple past and past participle unheaded)

  1. (transitive) To remove the lid from (a barrel or cask).

Adjective

unheading (not comparable)

  1. Failing to form a head.
    • an unheading cabbage

Questions about unheading

What does unheading mean?
Unheading means failing to form a head.
What is unheading the present participle and gerund of?
Unheading is the present participle and gerund of unhead.
What part of speech is unheading?
Unheading is an adjective.

Words near unheading in the dictionary

  1. unhazed
  2. unhazy
  3. UNHCR
  4. unhead
  5. unheaded
  6. unheading
  7. unheads
  8. unheady
  9. unheal
  10. unhealable
  11. unhealably

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unheading (page history and authors); unhead (page history and authors). 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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